More Types

More Types introduces 7 new types to PenguinMod: Object, Array, Set, Map, Symbol, Nothing, and Function.

These types can be used to do all sorts of things.

All of the new types, except for Nothing, are passed by reference, meaning that each new instance you create is different from every other instance.

NOTE: The square inputs cannot be displayed here, and we have turned them into circular inputs.

Blocks

Here are the blocks are their usage:

print to console

This block outputs a value into the JavaScript console. You can open the console by pressing Ctrl + Shift + I (but don't type anything in if you don't know what you're doing).

set variable to

This is the same as the regular set variable block.

variable

This is the same as the regular get variable block, except that you know that it may not be text, a number, true or false.

new

Creates an object, array, set, or map.

typeof

Gets the type of the value provided, it can be:
string,
number,
boolean,
Object,
Array,
Set,
Map,
Symbol,
nothing,
or Function.

get / set / remove Key

Here is an analogy to help you understand keys and values.
You have a giant, infinite hotel where each room is identified by its key.
When you are using "set" key, you effectively kick out whatever was inside previously, and then put in the "value", which is the thing you want to put inside the room.
When you are using "get" key, you are peeking inside the room to see what is inside the room, without affecting anything.
When you are using "remove" key, you are kicking out whatever was inside the room, and leaving it empty.

Objects, Arrays, and Maps use these keys and value
Value can be anything, but key can be different things depending on the type.

For objects, key can be a symbol or a string.
For arrays, key must be a number.
For maps, key can be anything; key can even be the map itself.
(You can delete values from sets)

add to end

Sets are really just a list of unique values, and arrays are really just a list.
This block adds a new value and puts it at the end.

exactly the same?

It's the same as Scratch's =, except it is case-sensitive, and can tell the difference between 0 and -0.
You should use this to compare objects, arrays, sets, maps, and symbols.

In?

It checks if key is a non-empty room. For sets, it checks if the value was previously added.

sizeof

It checks how many values are actually there.

for key value in

It loops through the object / array / set / map. The variable after "key" is the variable which is set to the key. The variable after "value" is the variable which is set to the value.
For sets, key and value are the same.

create a symbol and nothing

The first one creates a symbol (which is a guaranteed-to-be-unique value that can be used as an object or map key), and the second one is the special value called nothing (which is the value you get when you peek inside an empty room)

Anonymous Function / return

Anonymous Function essentially dynamically creates a custom block, which can then be "called". Return allows you to immediately stop the execution of the blocks inside of the function, and "returns" a value.

Call function

The first block allows you to execute the function, as the sprite it was created in, but ignores whatever value the function returned.

The seconds block does what the first block does, but it is an input, and it gets you the value that the function returned.