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#2 2009-10-06 01:06:17
Re: Rename Variables
The title says it all. 
I've never been really bothered by this, but someday I probably will... it must be irritating to make a project with LOTS and LOTS of the same variable block. And then if you realize it's gotten confusing and doesn't make sense: hello, editing.
My Dad was experimenting with Scratch, and he mentioned that it was irritating. I suppose C++ allows it or something.
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#3 2009-10-06 19:05:48
- greenflash
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- Registered: 2009-05-27
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Re: Rename Variables
I have been bothered by this. Let's say I need a variable for something, and it won't be displayed on screen. So you name it, let's say, 1. But then, it turns out you need it as a slider, and the name is 1, and it doesn't make sense. I would love to rename variables!
Great sugesstion!
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#5 2009-11-16 07:42:00
Re: Rename Variables
The renaming of variables is an old subject in this forum (especially for the translation of program code to an other language). There are some tweaks around...
- Export to XML ... rename the variables... Import it back to Scratch
(http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Jens/93504 => not working with Scratch 1.4)
- Use an other (inoffical) trunk like chirp to exchange variables in a block.
(http://chirp.scratchr.org/) => not very efficient
- Use Chirp to export your program to xml and reimport
=> problem: local variables get global variables
Who has some experience, and could tell us (www.iLearnIT.ch), what's the best working tweak to rename variables at the moment?
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