How can we display a message and an unknown name in one notification? For example, “Hello, [student’s name], how do you do?” This is done by using a text block.
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The text block is in the red palette:
This block allows us to merge text. If we insert text “2” and text “3”, it will give “23” as a result. This is different from adding 2 to 3. The block just orders the texts one after the other in a common result.
The operation of joining in programming and mathematics is called concatenation.
At first, this block seems useless but all programmers who have programmed video games know how valuable it is. Have you noticed that in some games your hero is addressed by the name you have chosen? This is possible thanks to the text block. Programmers attach some text and connect it to the name you choose via a thread.
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