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Blue-Monkey
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Hi!

I was wondering about an idea for a new operator block that would be used for complex math.
It would look like this:

set mode to [degrees v] :: operators
//or
set mode to [radians v] :: operators
//and maybe
set mode to [grads v] :: operators
But that might be confusing, so maybe there could just be an option in the (of()) block like this:
([sin(d) v] of (x) :: operators)
([sin(r) v] of (x) :: operators)
([sin(g) v] of (x) :: operators)
...

It can be used for math formulas that require accuracy like this:

set mode to [radians v] :: operators
set [pi v] to (([atan v] of (1))*(4))
set [circumference v] to ((diameter)*(pi))
//or
set [pi v] to (([atan(r) v] of (1) :: operators)*(4))
set [circumference v] to ((diameter)*(pi))

Calculating with different options can help Scratch users make a larger variety of projects more easily.
I hope you consider adding this block Scratch Team

Supporters:

Blue-Monkey
CatsUnited
cwkethan1508
MegaApuTurkUltra
Scratchifier
theonlygusti

Last edited by Blue-Monkey (May 24, 2015 14:18:39)

Scratchifier
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1000+ posts

Operators: Degrees & Radians

Support! There should also be a way to set the rotation system to the way it should be..
Blue-Monkey
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Scratchifier wrote:

Support! There should also be a way to set the rotation system to the way it should be..
Good idea!
CatsUnited
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Support, I never learnt to use radians though, sounds interesting.
Blue-Monkey
Scratcher
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Bump…
PrincessPanda_test_
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Nah, no support. Too confusing
CatsUnited
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

Nah, no support. Too confusing
I think it would only be as hard to understand as the trig options on the
([atan v] of (9))
block.
Blue-Monkey
Scratcher
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

CatsUnited wrote:

PrincessPanda_test_ wrote:

Nah, no support. Too confusing
I think it would only be as hard to understand as the trig options on the
([atan v] of (9))
block.
Yeah, this is advanced math, that's probably why it's confusing.
cwkethan1508
Scratcher
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Sounds intresting, so support
Alberknyis
Scratcher
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Hmm. Interesting. But how much do people really need it?
MegaApuTurkUltra
Scratcher
1000+ posts

Operators: Degrees & Radians

Support
Blue-Monkey
Scratcher
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Blue-Monkey
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Operators: Degrees & Radians


TheHockeyist
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1000+ posts

Operators: Degrees & Radians

No support. Scratch uses degrees. Functions like the sin of 6 would be confusing.

CONVERSION:

x degrees = x degrees

x radians = (180/pi)x degrees

x gradians = 0.9x degrees

Last edited by TheHockeyist (May 23, 2015 23:28:19)

Blue-Monkey
Scratcher
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

TheHockeyist wrote:

No support. Scratch uses degrees. Functions like the sin of 6 would be confusing.

CONVERSION:

x degrees = x degrees

x radians = (180/pi)x degrees

x gradians = 0.9x degrees
okay, thanks for the conversion!
TheHockeyist
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Blue-Monkey wrote:

TheHockeyist wrote:

No support. Scratch uses degrees. Functions like the sin of 6 would be confusing.

CONVERSION:

x degrees = x degrees

x radians = (180/pi)x degrees

x gradians = 0.9x degrees
okay, thanks for the conversion!
No prob.
ChocolatePi
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1000+ posts

Operators: Degrees & Radians

no support. if you're intelligent and educated enough to use radians you're competent enough to convert between degrees and radians.
MegaApuTurkUltra
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

ChocolatePi wrote:

no support. if you're intelligent and educated enough to use radians you're competent enough to convert between degrees and radians.
Well, that's one way to put it
Blue-Monkey
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

MegaApuTurkUltra wrote:

ChocolatePi wrote:

no support. if you're intelligent and educated enough to use radians you're competent enough to convert between degrees and radians.
Well, that's one way to put it
I guess so…
theonlygusti
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Operators: Degrees & Radians

Support!

Or maybe, trigonometric blocks should have an extra drop down,
([atan v] of (1) [radians v] :: operators)

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