Block Suggestion: ( )^( )

Masquerola

So during school today I learned about an amazing formula, which required the exponent 2^x. As soon as I learned about the formula, I knew that I had to remake it in Scratch. However, I was surprised to find that the only exponent choices were 10^x and e^x.

It would be very beneficial of the block x^y was created. The block would look like this:

(() ^ () :: operators)

There are definitely workarounds, like

repeat (y)
    
set [number v] to ((x) * (x))
end

However, the workaround is bulky, and hard to implement into large equations, which is why the x^y block would be a truly useful addition as a block.

Last edited by Masquerola (April 16, 2015 19:18:51)

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Not sure

Fuzzbutt

Masquerola wrote:
So during school today I learned about an amazing formula, which required the exponent 2^x. As soon as I learned about the formula, I knew that I had to remake it in Scratch. However, I was surprised to find that the only exponent choices were 10^x and e^x.

It would be very beneficial of the block x^y was created. The block would look like this:
(() ^ ())
(It would be green, however.)

There are definitely workarounds, like
repeat (y)
    
set [number v] to ((x) * (x))
end
However, the workaround is bulky, and hard to implement into large equations, which is why the x^y block would be a truly useful addition as a block.

Yes, this would be very helpful, along with a factorial block. ( ! )

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Support, suggested countless times though.

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Support!

stickfiregames

Support, even though it has been suggested countless times.

Use
(() ^ () :: operators)
to make the block green.

Last edited by stickfiregames (April 16, 2015 17:32:15)

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Masquerola

stickfiregames wrote:
Support, even though it has been suggested countless times.

Use
(() ^ () :: operators)
to make the block green.

thanks

cwrivera99

Kinda support, although this workaround isn't too hard-

define (Number1) ^(Number2)
set [Output v] to (Number1)
repeat (Number2)
set [Output v] to ((Output) * (Number1))
end

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Paddle2See

A single line version that works for positive, fractional and negative powers…

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Masquerola

Paddle2See wrote:
A single line version that works for positive, fractional and negative powers…

Thanks, this is the best and easiest workaround.

Paddle2See

Masquerola wrote:
Paddle2See wrote:
A single line version that works for positive, fractional and negative powers…

Thanks, this is the best and easiest workaround.

You are welcome - and my thanks to my math teacher that taught me the properties of exponents

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ChocolatePi

Paddle2See wrote:
Masquerola wrote:
Paddle2See wrote:
A single line version that works for positive, fractional and negative powers…

Thanks, this is the best and easiest workaround.
You are welcome - and my thanks to my math teacher that taught me the properties of exponents

and apparently logarithms! nice work!

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HTML-Fan

We really need this block, because you can't do the repeat thing for floats. I already suggested blocks like this, this is similar (don't get me wrong, this is not a duplicate).

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Nambaseking01

Support.

Why not implement this? There are way less-commonly used formulas on Scratch like abs() and cos() but this hasn't been implemented. I find it very fun to play around with high numbers in programming, and I can imagine me using this quite a lot. This could also be really useful for complex projects, which I think is obvious.

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Zelfen

Guys please stop necroposting this was made in 2015

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Zelfen wrote:
Guys please stop necroposting this was made in 2015

And it's still not fixed, so it's more important then ever!

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xMystic416

Zelfen wrote:
Guys please stop necroposting this was made in 2015

It's not necroposting if you are actually adding to the conversation.

Also, I would support! Although there is a pretty simple workaround that @Paddle2See made, I would definitely find this useful.

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