What is Syntactic Sugar?
In computer science, syntactic sugar is syntax within a programming language that is designed to make things easier to read or to express. It’s like a “shortcut” provided by the language that makes the language “sweeter” for human to use.
Gandi IDE introduces some syntactic sugar blocks to Scratch.
Modules
Module | Description |
Mathematics | - Some mathematical operators that are not supported by Scratch. |
String | - Advanced operations on strings. |
Utils | - Extended possibilities. |
Functions and Definitions
Mathematics
Calculate the base raised to the power of the exponent.
Input | Description | Example Value |
base | The base in exponentiation. | 2 |
exponent | The exponent in exponentiation. | 10 |
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Check if a value is greater/less than or equal to another value.
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String
Return different values determined by the result of the condition.
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Return a part of a string.
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Split a string with another string and return one of the results.
Input | Description | Example Value |
original string | The original string which needs to be split. | The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. |
string | The string used to split the original string. | jumps over |
item number | The number of items to be returned. | 1 |
Selection | Description |
return value | When the item number is out of range, what value will be returned? There are three options:
- the last string: Return the last item after splitting.
- an empty string: Return an empty string.
- false: Return false. |
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Utils
Customize an event that will be dispatched by a condition. The input should be a boolean block.
Copy a string to the clipboard.
