structures

[Sarah Reichelt]

> Is there a way to create structures in Transcript?
> I want to represent an entity that has several attributes
> (actually, I want to represent an array of such entities).
> So, is there something similar to the "struct" that exists
> in programming languages like c++ and scheme?
>
> For example, one of my students wants to create an array
> of bullets for his video game.  For each bullet we need to
> know the following:
>  - its current availability (already in use, or available)
>  - its movement in the x direction if in use
>  - its movement in the y direction if in use
>
> We could use three parallel arrays, but it seems cleaner to
> use a struct.  Is it possible?
>
If each bullet is a graphic or button, they could each have the three 
pieces of data as custom properties stored in each bullet. If you 
needed more, just clone an existing template so it would have the 
default properties already set.

Cheers,
Sarah