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1. Building
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1. Building
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2. Copying and Pasting
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It uses a fluent interface which means all of the Drone's methods return `this` and can
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It uses a fluent interface which means all of the Drone's methods return `this` and can be chained together like so...
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be chained together like so...
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var theDrone = new Drone();
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var theDrone = new Drone();
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theDrone.up().left().box(blocks.oak).down().fwd(3).cylinder0(blocks.lava,8);
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theDrone.up().left().box(blocks.oak).down().fwd(3).cylinder0(blocks.lava,8);
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var d = box( blocks.oak )
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var d = box( blocks.oak )
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... creates a 1x1x1 wooden block at the cross-hairs or player's location and returns a Drone
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... creates a 1x1x1 wooden block at the cross-hairs or player's location and returns a Drone object. This might look odd (if you're familiar with Java's Object-dot-method syntax) but all of the Drone class's methods are also global functions that return new Drone objects. This is short-hand for creating drones and is useful for playing around with Drones at the in-game command prompt. It's shorter than typing ...
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object. This might look odd (if you're familiar with Java's Object-dot-method syntax) but all
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of the Drone class's methods are also global functions that return new Drone objects.
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This is short-hand for creating drones and is useful for playing around with Drones at the in-game
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command prompt. It's shorter than typing ...
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var d = new Drone().box( blocks.oak )
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var d = new Drone().box( blocks.oak )
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d = new Drone()
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d = new Drone()
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...will create a new Drone. If the cross-hairs are pointing at a
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...will create a new Drone. If the cross-hairs are pointing at a block at the time then, that block's location becomes the drone's starting point. If the cross-hairs are _not_ pointing at a block, then the drone's starting location will be 2 blocks directly in front of the player. TIP: Building always happens right and front of the drone's position...
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block at the time then, that block's location becomes the drone's
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starting point. If the cross-hairs are _not_ pointing at a block,
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then the drone's starting location will be 2 blocks directly in
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front of the player. TIP: Building always happens right and front
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of the drone's position...
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Plan View:
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Plan View:
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For convenience you can use a _corner stone_ to begin building.
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For convenience you can use a _corner stone_ to begin building. The corner stone should be located just above ground level. If the cross-hair is point at or into ground level when you create a new Drone(), then building begins at that point. You can get around this by pointing at a 'corner stone' just above ground level or alternatively use the following statement...
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The corner stone should be located just above ground level. If
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the cross-hair is point at or into ground level when you create a
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new Drone(), then building begins at that point. You can get
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around this by pointing at a 'corner stone' just above ground
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level or alternatively use the following statement...
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d = new Drone().up();
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d = new Drone().up();
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d = new Drone(x,y,z,direction,world);
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d = new Drone(x,y,z,direction,world);
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This will create a new Drone at the location you specified using
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This will create a new Drone at the location you specified using x, y, z In minecraft, the X axis runs west to east and the Z axis runs north to south. The direction parameter says what direction you want the drone to face: 0 = east, 1 = south, 2 = west, 3 = north. If the direction parameter is omitted, the player's direction is used instead. Both the `direction` and `world` parameters are optional.
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x, y, z In minecraft, the X axis runs west to east and the Z axis runs
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north to south. The direction parameter says what direction you want
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the drone to face: 0 = east, 1 = south, 2 = west, 3 = north. If the
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direction parameter is omitted, the player's direction is used
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instead.
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Both the `direction` and `world` parameters are optional.
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4. Create a new Drone based on a Bukkit Location object...
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4. Create a new Drone based on a Bukkit Location object...
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d = new Drone(location);
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d = new Drone(location);
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This is useful when you want to create a drone at a given
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This is useful when you want to create a drone at a given `org.bukkit.Location` . The `Location` class is used throughout the bukkit API. For example, if you want to create a drone when a block is broken at the block's location you would do so like this...
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`org.bukkit.Location` . The `Location` class is used throughout
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the bukkit API. For example, if you want to create a drone when a
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block is broken at the block's location you would do so like
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events.blockBreak( function( event) {
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var location = event.block.location;
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var drone = new Drone(location);
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#### parameters
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* b - the block id - e.g. 6 for an oak sapling or '6:2' for a birch sapling.
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* b - the block id - e.g. 6 for an oak sapling or '6:2' for a birch sapling. Alternatively you can use any one of the `blocks` values e.g. `blocks.sapling.birch`
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Alternatively you can use any one of the `blocks` values e.g. `blocks.sapling.birch`
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* w (optional - default 1) - the width of the structure
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* w (optional - default 1) - the width of the structure
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* h (optional - default 1) - the height of the structure
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* h (optional - default 1) - the height of the structure
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* d (optional - default 1) - the depth of the structure - NB this is
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* d (optional - default 1) - the depth of the structure - NB this is not how deep underground the structure lies - this is how far away (depth of field) from the drone the structure will extend.
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not how deep underground the structure lies - this is how far
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away (depth of field) from the drone the structure will extend.
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#### Example
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#### Example
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#### Parameters
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* block - the block id - e.g. 6 for an oak sapling or '6:2' for a birch sapling.
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* width (optional - default 1) - the width of the structure
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* width (optional - default 1) - the width of the structure
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* height (optional - default 1) - the height of the structure
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* height (optional - default 1) - the height of the structure
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* length (optional - default 1) - the length of the structure - how far
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### Drone.boxa() method
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### Drone.boxa() method
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Construct a cuboid using an array of blocks. As the drone moves first along the width axis,
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Construct a cuboid using an array of blocks. As the drone moves first along the width axis, then the height (y axis) then the length, each block is picked from the array and placed.
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then the height (y axis) then the length, each block is picked from the array and placed.
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#### Parameters
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### Drone Movement
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### Drone Movement
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Drones can move freely in minecraft's 3-D world. You control the
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Drone's movement using any of the following methods..
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### Drone Positional Info
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### Drone Positional Info
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a drone if none is supplied, you can shorten even further to just...
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fwd(3).left(2).box(2).up().box(2).down()
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fwd(3).left(2).box(2).up().box(2).down()
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The Drone object uses a [Fluent Interface][fl] to make ScriptCraft
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The Drone object uses a [Fluent Interface][fl] to make ScriptCraft scripts more concise and easier to write and read. Minecraft's in-game command prompt is limited to about 80 characters so chaining drone commands together means more can be done before hitting the command prompt limit. For complex building you should save your commands in a new script file and load it using /js load()
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scripts more concise and easier to write and read. Minecraft's
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in-game command prompt is limited to about 80 characters so chaining
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drone commands together means more can be done before hitting the
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command prompt limit. For complex building you should save your
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commands in a new script file and load it using /js load()
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[fl]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface
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[fl]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface
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### Extending Drone
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### Extending Drone
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The Drone object can be easily extended - new buidling recipes/blueprints can be added and can
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The Drone object can be easily extended - new buidling recipes/blueprints can be added and can become part of a Drone's chain using the *static* method `Drone.extend`.
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become part of a Drone's chain using the *static* method `Drone.extend`.
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### Drone.extend() static method
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### Drone.extend() static method
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Alternatively if you provide just a function as a parameter, then the function name will be used as the new method name. For example the following two approaches are both valid.
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Alternatively if you provide just a function as a parameter, then the function name will be used as the new method name. For example the following two approaches are both valid.
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#### Example 1 Using name and function as parameters
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#### Example 1 Using name and function as parameters
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// submitted by [edonaldson][edonaldson]
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// submitted by [edonaldson][edonaldson]
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#### Example 2 Using just a named function as a parameter
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#### Example 2 Using just a named function as a parameter
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Drone.extend(function pyramid( block,height) {
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function pyramid( block,height) {
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this.chkpt('pyramid');
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this.chkpt('pyramid');
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for ( var i = height; i > 0; i -= 2) {
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for ( var i = height; i > 0; i -= 2) {
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this.box(block, i, 1, i).up().right().fwd();
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this.box(block, i, 1, i).up().right().fwd();
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}
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return this.move('pyramid');
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return this.move('pyramid');
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});
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Once the method is defined (it can be defined in a new pyramid.js file) it can be used like so...
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Once the method is defined (it can be defined in a new pyramid.js file) it can be used like so...
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#### Drone.PLAYER_SIGN_FACING
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#### Drone.PLAYER_SIGN_FACING
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An array which can be used when placing signs so they face in a given direction.
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An array which can be used when placing signs so they face in a given direction. This is used internally by the Drone.sign() method. It should also be used for placing any of the following blocks...
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This is used internally by the Drone.sign() method. It should also be used for placing
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any of the following blocks...
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* chest
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* chest
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* ladder
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* ladder
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d = new Drone(); for ( var i =0;i < 4; i++) { d.cottage().right(8); }
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d = new Drone(); for ( var i =0;i < 4; i++) { d.cottage().right(8); }
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While this will fit on the in-game prompt, it's awkward. You need to
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While this will fit on the in-game prompt, it's awkward. You need to declare a new Drone object first, then write a for loop to create the 4 cottages. It's also error prone, even the `for` loop is too much syntax for what should really be simple.
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declare a new Drone object first, then write a for loop to create the
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4 cottages. It's also error prone, even the `for` loop is too much
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syntax for what should really be simple.
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* You can use a while loop...
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* You can use a while loop...
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d = new Drone(); var i=4; while (i--) { d.cottage().right(8); }
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d = new Drone(); var i=4; while (i--) { d.cottage().right(8); }
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... which is slightly shorter but still too much syntax. Each of the
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... which is slightly shorter but still too much syntax. Each of the above statements is fine for creating a 1-dimensional array of structures. But what if you want to create a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional array of structures? Enter the `times()` method.
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above statements is fine for creating a 1-dimensional array of
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structures. But what if you want to create a 2-dimensional or
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3-dimensional array of structures? Enter the `times()` method.
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The `times()` method lets you repeat commands in a chain any number of
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The `times()` method lets you repeat commands in a chain any number of times. So to create 4 cottages in a row you would use the following statement...
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times. So to create 4 cottages in a row you would use the following
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statement...
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cottage().right(8).times(4);
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cottage().right(8).times(4);
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...which will build a cottage, then move right 8 blocks, then do it
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...which will build a cottage, then move right 8 blocks, then do it again 4 times over so that at the end you will have 4 cottages in a row. What's more the `times()` method can be called more than once in a chain. So if you wanted to create a *grid* of 20 houses ( 4 x 5 ), you would do so using the following statement...
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again 4 times over so that at the end you will have 4 cottages in a
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row. What's more the `times()` method can be called more than once in
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a chain. So if you wanted to create a *grid* of 20 houses ( 4 x 5 ),
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you would do so using the following statement...
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cottage().right(8).times(4).fwd(8).left(32).times(5);
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cottage().right(8).times(4).fwd(8).left(32).times(5);
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... breaking it down...
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... breaking it down...
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1. The first 3 calls in the chain ( `cottage()`, `right(8)`,
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1. The first 3 calls in the chain ( `cottage()`, `right(8)`, `times(4)` ) build a single row of 4 cottages.
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`times(4)` ) build a single row of 4 cottages.
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2. The last 3 calls in the chain ( `fwd(8)`, `left(32)`, `times(5)` )
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2. The last 3 calls in the chain ( `fwd(8)`, `left(32)`, `times(5)` ) move the drone forward 8 then left 32 blocks (4 x 8) to return to the original x coordinate, then everything in the chain is repeated again 5 times so that in the end, we have a grid of 20 cottages, 4 x 5. Normally this would require a nested loop but the `times()` method does away with the need for loops when repeating builds.
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move the drone forward 8 then left 32 blocks (4 x 8) to return to
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the original x coordinate, then everything in the chain is
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repeated again 5 times so that in the end, we have a grid of 20
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cottages, 4 x 5. Normally this would require a nested loop but
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||||||
the `times()` method does away with the need for loops when
|
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repeating builds.
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Another example: This statement creates a row of trees 2 by 3 ...
|
Another example: This statement creates a row of trees 2 by 3 ...
|
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|
@ -1914,5 +1818,3 @@ Drone.extend('cylinder', _cylinder1 );
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// wph 20130130 - make this a method - extensions can use it.
|
// wph 20130130 - make this a method - extensions can use it.
|
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//
|
//
|
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Drone.prototype._getBlockIdAndMeta = _getBlockIdAndMeta;
|
Drone.prototype._getBlockIdAndMeta = _getBlockIdAndMeta;
|
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Reference in a new issue