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Call a function
The simplest way to get started in JavaScript with your micro:bit is to
call one of the micro:bit's built-in JavaScript functions. Just like Blocks
are organized into categories/drawers, the micro:bit functions are organized by
namespaces, with names corresponding to the drawer names. The basic namespace
contains a number of helpful functions, such as:
basic.showString("Hello!")
If you want to see all functions available in the basic namespace, simply type basic
followed by . and a list of all the functions will appear.
This feature is known as "Intellisense". Continue typing to select one of the functions, or click on one of the functions to select. You also narrow down the set of functions by typing, as below:
You can type anything to see what Intellisense will find for you. Here's an example
of what happens when you type the word for:
Function parameter values
You might have noticed that the call showString above takes one parameter value,
the string to be scrolled on the LED screen. There is a second (optional)
parameter that controls the speed of the scroll. Try this:
basic.showString("Hello!",50)
Intellisense shows all the available parameters for a function.
Left and right parentheses, please!
Whenever you want to call a function, you give the name of the function
followed by ( and ending with ). Inbetween the left and right
parentheses go the function arguments. If a function has zero arguments, you still
need the parentheses in order to call the function. For example
basic.clearScreen()
It's a syntax error to have a left parenthesis without the "closing" right parenthesis:
basic.clearScreen(
~button /js/sequence
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