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MrFichter · 2011-09-04 18:25:40

As a new Scratch user, I'm enjoying writing my own things as well as tinkering with programs others share.

I'd love to know if there is a way of searching for a variable or something similar within a program. For instance, perhaps there are 20 sprites and one of these sprites broadcasts "Success." If I want to see which sprites take action when they receive this broadcast, do I need to click through all 20 sprites and the stage? Instead, I'd love to be able to search for "When I receive 'Success'" and let the computer do the searching for me.

As a related question, are there any conventions when it comes to documentation? The paragraphs that people write in the "Project Notes" area of the project-sharing webpage screen are helpful--is there a way to see more specific documentation, too? It would be great to click on a block of code and see a few sentences where the person who wrote the program explains what he or she intends the block of code to do. (Teaching students to document well would be a key part of helping them become good programmers, wouldn't it?)

Any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated!

PlutoIsHades · 2011-09-04 18:35:21

MrFichter wrote:
As a new Scratch user, I'm enjoying writing my own things as well as tinkering with programs others share.

I'd love to know if there is a way of searching for a variable or something similar within a program. For instance, perhaps there are 20 sprites and one of these sprites broadcasts "Success." If I want to see which sprites take action when they receive this broadcast, do I need to click through all 20 sprites and the stage? Instead, I'd love to be able to search for "When I receive 'Success'" and let the computer do the searching for me.

As a related question, are there any conventions when it comes to documentation? The paragraphs that people write in the "Project Notes" area of the project-sharing webpage screen are helpful--is there a way to see more specific documentation, too? It would be great to click on a block of code and see a few sentences where the person who wrote the program explains what he or she intends the block of code to do. (Teaching students to document well would be a key part of helping them become good programmers, wouldn't it?)

Any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated!

I'm not sure about the searching, but as for the block, you can right click on it. If I'm not mistaken, there should be a "help" button there. Click on it. It's not written by the creator of the program, but it explains what the block does.

Greatdane · 2011-09-04 18:36:06

Hey MrFichter,

Unfortunately, there is no search function. I would write stuff down if you need to use it again.

You can right click on empty space, press "add comment", and you have a comment, for further documentation. You can drag it to a block and connect it, so it looks like this:

Last edited by Greatdane (2011-09-04 18:36:37)

MrFichter · 2011-09-05 17:56:41

It's great to know about the comment feature--thanks!

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