Skip to Main Content
BBC micro:bit Recipes: Learn Programming with Microsoft MakeCode Blocks
book

BBC micro:bit Recipes: Learn Programming with Microsoft MakeCode Blocks

by Pradeeka Seneviratne
June 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
367 pages
6h 3m
English
Apress
Content preview from BBC micro:bit Recipes: Learn Programming with Microsoft MakeCode Blocks
© Pradeeka Seneviratne  2019
Pradeeka SeneviratneBBC micro:bit Recipeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4913-0_9

9. Using Variables

Pradeeka Seneviratne1 
(1)
Udumulla, Mulleriyawa, Sri Lanka
 

This chapter presents how to create variables to hold various types of data such as numbers, strings, arrays, and Boolean values. It also presents how to take data out from the variables for further processing, and how to change data stored in the variables during the execution of the code.

9-1. Creating Integer Variables

Problem

You want to create a variable and store the value 100 in it, then display the content on the micro:bit display.

Solution

  • In the Toolbox, click on the Variables category and then click the Make a Variable... button (Figure 9-1 ).
    Figure ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Beginning e-Textile Development: Prototyping e-Textiles with Wearic Smart Textiles Kit and the BBC micro:bit

Beginning e-Textile Development: Prototyping e-Textiles with Wearic Smart Textiles Kit and the BBC micro:bit

Pradeeka Seneviratne

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781484249130Purchase LinkPublisher Website