Programming Functions Cheatsheet

Basic Output

alert( el )

Alerts el to the user in a pop-up alert box.

print( el )

Prints el to the screen

println( el )

Prints el to the screen with a trailing line break

Basic Input

user_string( question )

Asks the user question and returns the result as a string.

user_boolean( question )

Asks the user question and presents an “Ok”/”Cancel” dialogue box. Returns true if the user clicks “Ok” and false otherwise.

user_int( question )

Asks the user question until an integer response is received.

Basic Utilities

random_number( max )

Returns a random integer from 0 to max (inclusive)

is_int( n )

returns whether or not n is an integer.

Author:  Ryan Timmons
Last Modified:  06 August 2008 15:23:13 PDT
URL:  http://uwwebpub.com/

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