Re: LOGO-L> cloze project

[KERRB@Magill.UniSA.edu.au]

 Bill Kerr wrote:-
>
>ps. how should I handle the "errors" --
> ie. if the young kid types burd instead of bird (not immediately obvious)

Gary Stager replied:
:Use, the MicroWorlds command CAREFULLY to trap errors.

On closer examination my original program is deficient in a number of respects. 
It needs some work but I don't see how CAREFULLY will fix it either.

ie. I have a list of IF statements

if word = bird [fly]
if word = car [drive]
etc.

The problems with this are:-
1. no error trapping, eg. for spelling mistakes
2. if a picture of a bird appears and the student types car then the bird will 
drive away and they get a congrats message !

I don't think CAREFULLY fits in with a series of if statements. If the student 
types the wrong word then an if statement simply ignores it, it doesn't regard 
it as an error.

One possible solution is something like:-

if not member? [bird car etc.][announce [try again]]

(that might fix problem no. 1 but not problem no. 2 above). I'm still thinking 
about it.

 Bill Kerr

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