Goal: Hide a list of questions and let the computer choose one to show and answer.
Vocabulary: textpick, insert, hidetext, showtext
to startup
questions, hidetext
text1, hidetext
opaque "text1
ct
setfont "Arial
setfontsize 14
settc 30
end
to ask_a_question
startup
text1, insert textpick "questions
transparent "text1
showtext
end
to shake
t1, repeat 10 [
setsh "8-ball
seth random 360
fd 15 bk 15
setsh "8-ball-t
fd 15 bk 15
]
setsh pick [sure! of_course! please_ask_later totally! nope yes! no no_way right_on duh!]
end
to show_questions
questions, showtext
end
to hide_questions
questions, hidetext
end
Notes Hidetext means, "Make this text box invisible."
Showtext means, "Make this text box visible."
(You can also make a text box visible or invisible by right-clicking on it or placing the eye tool on it and then checking or unchecking the "visible" box.)
This project uses an invisible text box called questions which has a lot of questions in a list. You can use the buttons at the bottom of the page to show and hide the questions. (It is more fun to keep them hidden, but you can show them to add more questions to the list.)
Text1, insert textpick "questions means: "Choose any line from questions (the invisible text box) and insert it into the text box named text1."
Note: You need to hit Enter (on PC) or Return (on Mac) after each question. A "line" does not end until you do this, no matter how it looks.
What If?
Can you make the text box visible, add more questions to it, then hide it again?
Challenge
If you like, place your list of questions on another page and keep it visible at all times on that page. Add a button to each page to make it easier to move from one page to the other and back again.
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