Calling functions from functions

Peter Januarius

• March 28, 2023 06:41
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Hi All,

I tried to articulate this in an earlier post but failed miserably!

It seems that the way the Makecode python environment is architected, it is extremely hard to do a simple thing...call functions from other functions. Normal python - couldn't be easier. Makecode seems to constrain you to this weird 3 number parameter thing. What is that all about? This makes it very hard to create well structured code through abstraction.

Here is an example from the docs. It calls a function from another function through a chat command, but parameter passing is restricted to 3 params and they all have to be numbers...is there any way around this?

def row(length,x,y):

    for i in range(y):

        agent.move(FORWARD, 1)

        agent.place(BACK)

player.on_chat("row", row)

def square():

    agent.teleport_to_player()

    agent.move(FORWARD, 1)

    for i in range(4):

        player.run_chat_command_with_arguments("row", "5 5 2")

        loops.pause(5000)

        agent.turn(TurnDirection.LEFT)

        agent.move(FORWARD, 1)

        agent.move(LEFT, 1)

player.on_chat("square", square)

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  Debbie Alexander

  • March 28, 2023 20:09
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  Hi, Peter. I appreciate your perseverance on this! Just to clarify before I go attack some coding, is it necessary that the function be accessed from a chat command?

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  Peter Januarius

  • March 29, 2023 00:15
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  Hi Debbie,

  No it isn't. It just more about calling functions from functions. Its seems that we always have this three "num" parameter constraint.

  Actually - I'm not too concerned about this one - more about my next post which you may have seen - placing stair blocks upside down using python code. 

  Thanks for your reply.

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  Peter Januarius

  • March 30, 2023 23:00
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  Hi Debbie,

  I worked out the rotational block thing. It appears you use the data property

   

  

  

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