pxt-calliope/docs/reference/js/lessons/rotating-animation/challenges.md

rotation animation challenges

These challenges take the rotation animation to the next level by adding a while loop and changing a boolean to false. #docs

Challenge 0

@video vimeo/134323475

The Rotating Pattern tutorial will help you create images that look like a rotating pattern by using a while loop.

rotating = true
while (rotating) {
    basic.showAnimation(`
# . . . . . . # . . . . . . # . . . . .
. # . . . . . # . . . . . # . . . . . .
. . # . . . . # . . . . # . . # # # # #
. . . # . . . # . . . # . . . . . . . .
. . . . # . . # . . # . . . . . . . . .
`, 400)
}

Challenge 1

Now let's add to this by creating a condition for on button pressed A before the while loop.

rotating = true
input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, () => {
}) // ***
while (rotating) {
    basic.showAnimation(`
# . . . . . . # . . . . . . # . . . . .
. # . . . . . # . . . . . # . . . . . .
. . # . . . . # . . . . # . . # # # # #
. . . # . . . # . . . # . . . . . . . .
. . . . # . . # . . # . . . . . . . . .
`, 400)
}

Challenge 2

@video vimeo/134323896

Now that we have the on button pressed condition, let's make the animation stop rotating by setting the rotating global variable to false when button A is pressed.

rotating = true
input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, () => {
    rotating = false // ***
}) // ***
while (rotating) {
    basic.showAnimation(`
# . . . . . . # . . . . . . # . . . . .
. # . . . . . # . . . . . # . . . . . .
. . # . . . . # . . . . # . . # # # # #
. . . # . . . # . . . # . . . . . . . .
. . . . # . . # . . # . . . . . . . . .
`, 400)
}

Challenge 3

Let's also make the image rotate the opposite way when button A is pressed! We can do this with another while loop that is only executed when rotating->equals(false).