The 'Red' Console

Working in the Red Console

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You can cut and paste these examples.

Let's start with the usual 'Hello World'

print "Hello World !"

s: "I am Jenny"
print s

prin s

probe s
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Now use the ? to get help

? print
? prin
? probe
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Type 'what' at the prompt to get a description of all functions.

what
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Variables

name: "Jenny"
print name

num: 36
print num
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Assign a block of code to a variable and run it with 'do'

mydo: [print "Hello World"]
do mydo
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What about an  'if then'  block

n: 5
if n < 6 [print "Less than 6"]
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And an 'either'  true  and  false block 

s: "Yes"
either s = "Yes" [print "It's Yes"] [Print "It's not Yes"]
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Using random with the either block

n: random 6
either n < 4 [print "Less than 4"] [print "More than 3"]
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ask for input

nm: ask "enter name: "

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display the contents of current folder

dir
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display the current folder

print ["Current folder:" get-current-dir]

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Try these:

request-dir
request-file
request-font



More soon!

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