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#1 2008-04-15 07:35:01

pkeenan
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Variables

Are variables only numeric?

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#2 2008-04-15 07:46:22

funkymonkey
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Re: Variables

i think so


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#3 2008-04-15 08:47:16

Paddle2See
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Re: Variables

Yes, currently Scratch only has numeric variables.

However, creative people have found ways to store short character strings and, of course Boolean (True/False) information in them.  Even arrays of Booleans.  See Chalkmarrows projects for some clever "extensions" of the data type.

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