Makecode Passing variables to "on chat command" block

Rodrigo González

• December 26, 2021 22:30
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I see there's a "+" symbol in the "on chat command" block that allows to pass a variable when calling the command from the chat window.

However, it seems that you can only pass a numeric variable. Is there any way to pass a string?

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  Debbie Alexander

  • December 28, 2021 11:44
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  Good question. I tried to declare a string variable and use it to accept a string input to a chat command but was unsuccessful.

  As an alternative, you could declare a function, perhaps:

  

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  Rodrigo González

  • January 03, 2022 23:38
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  Not allowing to pass string variables in chat commands seems a big limitation since the player can't invoke a function in the game, can he? 

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  Debbie Alexander

  • January 04, 2022 00:44
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  Can you help me understand the implementation you are going for here? What do you need to do with the string? Maybe we can find a work-around. =D

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  Rodrigo González

  • January 04, 2022 11:06
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  Could be something so simple as a chat command to greet another player in a multiplayer setting. The chat command would receive a string (a player's name) as a parameter and via a player.say block prints a greeting message personalized with the name received as a parameter

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  Rodrigo González

  • January 18, 2022 18:49
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  That's odd ... from the chat line you can only pass a numeric argument to a chat command. But when the player itself runs the chat command from inside the program, he can pass an argument ( player.runChatCommandWithArguments) ... but the argument has to be a string this time?

  This is from the minecraft codebuilder help:

   

  

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