This is what I tried:
r=randomGenerator(button7.pressCount)
a=r.int(-7,7)
number(a):a
b=r.int(-8,a)
What I want to occur is to create two points whose locations are randomly generated along the x-axis. One point (A) will stay within -7 and 7. I want the other point (B) to have a minimum value of -8 and a max value set by the location of the first point so that its always to the left of A.
Does something like this help?
That solution worked great! apparently adding the number(‘b’)=b is the thing that needed to happen. Thank you very much.
So, maybe we can take this a step further: I am working on an activity for segment addition. So, A and C need to be at the end and B in the middle. This is what I start with:
a=r.int(-7,7)
b=r.int(-8,a)
c=r.int(a,7)
number(a):a
number(b):b
number(c):c
This is what I tried and it did not work:
a=r.int(-7,7)
b=r.int(-8,a-1)
c=r.int(a+1,7)
number(a):a
number(b):b
number(c):c
I am fairly certain there is something I need to do but I cannot figure out what. By the way, this is my first week learning CL language so I thank you for your assistance.
You can’t do operations in CL without using numericValue, so replace “a-1” with numericValue("${a}-1"). Similar for your “a+1”.
That works amazingly! Thank you. Is there somewhere in the CL documentation that talks about the use of ${ } that I could read more on? The last couple questions I have had have been answered with this notation.
Not sure. Use it to call variables into strings, otherwise it will just put the text in. Generally, I think if the variable’s output doesn’t match the input needed, you need to use ${ }.
For example, in the above, numericValue takes a string (indicated by the quotes), but “a” is a number, so you need to use ${ }. Without it, it would be undefined because “a” is just text. It doesn’t know where to look for the variable without the ${ }.