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Kenichi10B · 2012-08-11 04:59:08

I realised, when making one of my projects, that it's nearly impossible to make a script that would allow you to find the highest/lowest value in a list. I'd like it if the Scratch Team could make that in the next version of Scratch. I was trying to make my tower defense game have target priorities by using lists for distances,etc. but I couldn't figure out how to do that without making Scratch go extremely slow. I'd like it if Scratch 2.0 had that block.

jontmy00 · 2012-08-11 05:01:01

You're asking the floor and ceiling block? It was suggested before if I remembered correctly. wink

I support.

soniku3 · 2012-08-11 05:07:18

jontmy00 wrote:
You're asking the floor and ceiling block? It was suggested before if I remembered correctly.

I support.

I S-U-P-P-O-R-T-!

BirdByte · 2012-08-11 05:53:29

Well, this workaround:

set [counter v] to [1]
set [done? v] to [0]
repeat until <(done?) = [1]>
 set [done v] to [1]
 repeat ((length of [list v]) - (1))
  if <(item (counter) of [list v]) < (item ((counter) + (1)) of [list v])>
   set [temp v] to (item (counter) of [list v])
   replace item (counter) of [list v] with (item ((counter) + (1)) of [list v])
   replace item ((counter) + (1)) of [list v] with (temp)
   set [done v] to [0]
  end
  change [counter v] by (1)
 end
end

It works quite well, and is nearly instant in the Flash player.

jontmy00 · 2012-08-11 06:00:24

BirdByte wrote:

Well, this workaround:

set [counter v] to [1]
set [done? v] to [0]
repeat until <(done?) = [1]>
 set [done v] to [1]
 repeat ((length of [list v]) - (1))
  if <(item (counter) of [list v]) > (item ((counter) + (1)) of [list v])>
   set [temp v] to (item (counter) of [list v])
   replace item (counter) of [list v] with (item ((counter) + (1)) of [list v])
   replace item ((counter) + (1)) of [list v] with (temp)
   set [done v] to [0]
  end
  change [counter v] by (1)
 end
end

It works quite well, and is nearly instant in the Flash player.

But will still be laggy if you have a ton of scripts. tongue

Wes64 · 2012-08-11 09:18:36

^^^
no it won't, thats kinda a myth. The players run just as quick with 200 scripts as it does with one.

RedRocker227 · 2012-08-11 12:22:16

jontmy00 wrote:
You're asking the floor and ceiling block? It was suggested before if I remembered correctly.

I support.

Floor/ceiling blocks would be completely different to what's being suggested, though I would like those too.

I support.

Seil · 2012-08-11 12:26:29

If you're asking for a block that reports the highest/lowest value in a list, then I support.

The only problem is, lists are not limited to only numeric values.

Scratch

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