Easier way of combining "Join", "And" and "Or" blocks.

PhirripSyrrip

AonymousGuy wrote:

Zambonifofex wrote:

be smart. do that:

when gf clicked
if <<<<<> or <>> or <<> or <>>> or <<<> or <>> or <<> or <<> or <>>>>> or <<<<<> or <>> or <>> or <<> or <>>> or <<<> or <>> or <<> or <>>>>> then
show

or

when green flag clicked
if <<<<<<> or <>> or <<> or <>>> or <<<> or <>> or <<> or <>>>> or <<<<> or <>> or <>> or <<> or <>>>> or <<<<> or <>> or <<> or <>>> or <<<> or <>> or <<> or <>>>>> then
show
end

These can still be hard to pick up. And sometimes, you can't just plan like that.

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AonymousGuy

PhirripSyrrip wrote:
These can still be hard to pick up. And sometimes, you can't just plan like that.

I know. I never plan like that.

Anyways, I think that the highest priority should be the join block.

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DownsGameClub

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WolfCat67

This is an amazing idea. I, too, hate the large blocks it creates. If I could do this, it would be much neater. Would I also recommend a “-” button underneath the “+” to remove extras you may have?

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Austinato

Great suggestion, and in short, I support. This could simplify it, and for those obsessed with grammar, could it potentially be like this?

<<>,<>,<>,<>, and<> :: operators>

(Edit: When there are only two items, it's the same as usual, but when it's three or more, it changes {example below.})

Traditional 2 Item

<<> and <>>

New 3 Item

<<>, <>, and <> :: operators>

Extensive 10 Item

<<>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, and <> :: operators>

Last edited by Austinato (Dec. 16, 2016 23:23:52)

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nickeljorn

PhirripSyrrip wrote:
I find it annoying when my blocks become big like this;

The main problem here is that the block is incredibly difficult to pick up, as well as being ridiculously large and untidy. I propose a button on the edge of blocks which are commonly combined with themselves which would expand the block to allow one more input, as shown:

When the “+” is clicked, the block gains an empty field.

If a block has more than two fields, when you hover the mouse over an empty field, the field sort of glows and a minus sign appears inside it. By clicking on this empty field, you will remove it.

Thoughts?

Support! I think this would be very useful, I have had to do this a lot.

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Yllie

I do support the idea that there should be a better way of dealing with large chunks of blocks.
However, this idea wouldn't solve the issue when you alternate/combine a lot of “and”, “or”, and “not” blocks like this:

if <<<> or <<<> or <<> and <>>> and <not <>>>> and <<<not <>> and <>> or <not <<<> or <>> and <>>>>> then

end

A better way would be if we were able to collapse a large chunk of code. This way, the above would just appear like this:

if <Collapsed> then

end

I love the idea for the join-block though! So big support to that!

Last edited by Yllie (Dec. 18, 2016 10:45:42)

DownsGameClub

Austinato wrote:
Great suggestion, and in short, I support. This could simplify it, and for those obsessed with grammar, could it potentially be like this?
<<>,<>,<>,<>, and<> :: operators>
(Edit: When there are only two items, it's the same as usual, but when it's three or more, it changes {example below.})

Traditional 2 Item
<<> and <>>
New 3 Item
<<>, <>, and <> :: operators>
Extensive 10 Item
<<>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, and <> :: operators>

I think we should stick to what the programming format is. We better get kids ready for programs that don't use commas for this case.

I think this is going to be a good way to help solve the block crowding within a sprite. However, when you push the plus sign, I am going to assume that you can choose the block you want (as the problem was shown with @Yllie).

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JonathanSchaffer

it would be way easier, support. also you should be able to right click on it and input the exact number.

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ninjagolloyd

DownsGameClub wrote:
I think we should stick to what the programming format is. We better get kids ready for programs that don't use commas for this case.

I don't exactly think that using “and” is any better. What about “&&” and stuff like that?

DownsGameClub wrote:
However, when you push the plus sign, I am going to assume that you can choose the block you want (as the problem was shown with @Yllie).

What if you need to have certain operators take priority over others? For example,

<<not []> or []>

is not the same as

<not <[] or []>>

If you used both in the same block, like

<not [] or []>::operators

it could only possibly be

<<not []> or []>

. Sorry if I confused you

Last edited by ninjagolloyd (Dec. 18, 2016 14:38:38)

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Austinato

DownsGameClub wrote:
I think we should stick to what the programming format is. We better get kids ready for programs that don't use commas for this case.

I think this is going to be a good way to help solve the block crowding within a sprite. However, when you push the plus sign, I am going to assume that you can choose the block you want (as the problem was shown with @Yllie).

True, and agreed.

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stickfiregames

ninjagolloyd wrote:
DownsGameClub wrote:
I think we should stick to what the programming format is. We better get kids ready for programs that don't use commas for this case.

I don't exactly think that using “and” is any better. What about “&&” and stuff like that?

&& and and are both used, as are others although I admit that && is more common.

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LemonComputer

Austinato wrote:
DownsGameClub wrote:
I think we should stick to what the programming format is. We better get kids ready for programs that don't use commas for this case.

I think this is going to be a good way to help solve the block crowding within a sprite. However, when you push the plus sign, I am going to assume that you can choose the block you want (as the problem was shown with @Yllie).
True, and agreed.

But programming languages don't use blocks neither. May as well make Scratch a typing script program with tutorials on how to use every programming language in existence, if going by what you're saying.

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Lataliat

ProdigyZeta7 wrote:
9001
My Support = Σ i^i
i = 0

Is that not undefined? It starts out with 0^0??

Antway, this would be great. Support. But how would you delete a part?

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The4thPixel

Triple support with a cherry on top. This would be helpful in many ways.

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