Scratch

PLEASE have a ((10)^(2)) block!!
and no matter what people say about how you can do
[blocks]
<set{ product }to( 1
<repeat( exponent
<set{ product }to( (( product <*> num ))
<end>
[/blocks]
to do the same thing for any WHOLE NUMBER exponent, its basically like not having a [blocks]((  <*>  ))[/blocks] block, and saying that instead you can just do
[blocks]
<set{ sum }to( 0
<repeat( factor
<set{ sum }to( (( sum <+> num ))
<end>
[/blocks]
and guess what? its not possible this way to multiply 0.7 by 35.78! because neither are Whole Numbers. OR -5 by -7, because neither are whole numbers!
So, the way some people say you can do it won't work if you want to do:
2^(-3) [equal to 1/2^3]
2^(1/3) [equal to the cube root of 2]
And it is extremely annoying sometimes when you are working with distance formula and other things to have to duplicate long arithmetic expressions.

How to make a Calculator work

1. Make Three Varibles
<{ First number }>
<{ Second number }>
<{ NUMBER TOTALY }>

Then make the script

<when green flag clicked>
Ask "Whats your first number going to be"
<set{ First Number }to Answere
Then ask " And your Second Number"
<set{ Second Number }to Answere
<say[ Right i am calculating your Totaly ]for( 2)secs>
<set{ NUMBER TOTALY }to( (( First Number <+> Second Number ))
<say[ Right your totaly is <{  NUMBER TOTALY }> ]for( 10 )secs>

And thats how to make it!

Epic necropost! And yet, the ideas in this thread still have not come to fruition.    Come on Scratch team, make this happen!

Lol 


I support! 

Nth root can be done!
from Paddle2see,

([10^ v] of (([log v] of (X))/(Y)))

where X is the base and Y is the root

reversing that logic, when y is a fraction, it makes an exponent:

([10^ v] of (([log v] of (X))/((1)/(Y))))

and here y is the power and X is the base

Last edited by thebriculator (2012-07-06 17:12:15)

In scratch 2.0 you can make your own blocks. Even though it's stack-blocks only, the basic workaround is to have a variable called "return".

yeah, large factorials are a problem. on my calculator, the highest it can compute is 69!