New operator (Can't really name it...)

aw3s0me8

Hello! I am trying to make a calculator, but I really don't want to do this:

if <(Operation)=[+]> then
set [answer v] to ((Num1)+(Num2))
end
if <(Operation)=[-]> then
set [answer v] to ((Num1)-(Num2))
end
if <(Operation)=[*]> then
set [answer v] to ((Num1)*(Num2))
end
if <(Operation)=[/]> then
set [answer v] to ((Num1)/(Num2))
end

Instead, this operator I made can really help:

 (() (+ v) ()::#5bb117)

EXAMPLE BELOW

(Num1) //Equals 6
(Num2) //Equals 4
(Operation) //Equals +
set [answer v] to ((Num1) (Operation) (Num2)::#5bb117) //I could do this instead- way simpler!
(answer::#ee7d17) //Now equals 10

Please try and add it / suggest it to scratch.
Thanks!

Last edited by aw3s0me8 (May 11, 2021 12:01:30)

EatNYeet

Support, while you did show a workaround, four if then blocks is very annoying as it takes up way more space than one block.

In fact, I think the multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction operators should be replaced with your idea.

Last edited by EatNYeet (May 10, 2021 17:19:15)

Evanzap

Support, the workaround is really long and would be inconvenient to make.

-InsanityGames-

Something like this?

7salad3salad

Support! Why not add ^ too lol!

aw3s0me8

-InsanityGames- wrote:
Something like this?

Yeah!
P.S. How did you get 3.0 scratchblocks???

GAMER_6O7

aw3s0me8 wrote:
-InsanityGames- wrote:
Something like this?
Yeah!
P.S. How did you get 3.0 scratchblocks???

The Github scratchblocks homepage

aw3s0me8

7salad3salad wrote:
Support! Why not add ^ too lol!

Yeah! Sure!

aw3s0me8

GAMER_6O7 wrote:
aw3s0me8 wrote:
-InsanityGames- wrote:
Something like this?
Yeah!
P.S. How did you get 3.0 scratchblocks???
The Github scratchblocks homepage

Thanks!

Cinderpelt9

Support! This could be really useful!

scratchieguy12345678

No support. The only application this would be useful for would be calculators. Besides, the example you described isn't even that difficult to make.

7salad3salad

Mockup of the exponent version

aw3s0me8

scratchieguy12345678 wrote:
No support. The only application this would be useful for would be calculators. Besides, the example you described isn't even that difficult to make.

I know, but it's still more work- over 10 blocks extra

plqaokwsijeduhrfyg

7salad3salad wrote:
Support! Why not add ^ too lol!

That would make it a list and probably a duplicate.

EatNYeet

scratchieguy12345678 wrote:
No support. The only application this would be useful for would be calculators. Besides, the example you described isn't even that difficult to make.

Okay, let's remove every block in Scratch that has a 10+ block workaround.

dertermenter

I think overall simplifying the math block to a dropdown is a good idea as it makes the block pallete shorter and it will have a better functionally changing between these math blocks.

fdreerf

EatNYeet wrote:
scratchieguy12345678 wrote:
No support. The only application this would be useful for would be calculators. Besides, the example you described isn't even that difficult to make.
Okay, let's remove every block in Scratch that has a 10+ block workaround.

By this logic, we should add every script that is over 10 blocks long as a block. There would be infinite blocks, but hey, you don't have to do a workaround!

I don't like this because this will cause all of the operator blocks to be slightly longer:

(() + ())
(() [+ v] () ::operators)

If you use those blocks often enough in a script (which you often will) this can cause them to become very cumbersome:

((((((((((((var 1) + (var 2)) + (var 3)) + (var 4)) + (var 5)) + (var 6)) + (var 7)) + (var 8)) + (var 9)) + (var 10)) + (var 11)) + (var 12))
((((((((((((var 1) [+ v] (var 2) ::operators) [+ v] (var 3) ::operators) [+ v] (var 4) ::operators) [+ v] (var 5) ::operators) [+ v] (var 6) ::operators) [+ v] (var 7) ::operators) [+ v] (var 8) ::operators) [+ v] (var 9) ::operators) [+ v] (var 10) ::operators) [+ v] (var 11) ::operators) [+ v] (var 12) ::operators)

PkmnQ

Hold on, I need to update my workaround chart

PkmnQ

Now suggestions like this are accounted for in the chart.

This is a simple suggestion with a complex workaround, so we go to B. There's eval, but it's unsafe, so nobody really uses that. Other than that, it's mostly just the workaround that's used. So the workaround is relevant.

scratchieguy12345678

PkmnQ wrote:

Now suggestions like this are accounted for in the chart.

This is a simple suggestion with a complex workaround, so we go to B. There's eval, but it's unsafe, so nobody really uses that. Other than that, it's mostly just the workaround that's used. So the workaround is relevant.

That's a really good chart!

I understand the decision to bundle up abs, floor, ceiling, square root, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, ln, log, e^, and 10^ into one block since it was really hard to keep up with all of those functions, however, there's only 4 basic arithmetic operators and they aren't that hard to deal with.

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