Code DELETING WRONG List

Bugs and Other Issues
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Here is my big chunk of code:

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Basically, global solutionMoleculeColor is = (1,1,2,2,3,3 / some random variation with 2 of each number). I am stamping each number of solutionMoleculeColor, and so I do that by deleting the part I already stamped. But I need to access solutionMoleculeColor later on.

So to solve that, I set a temporary variable that is = solutionMoleculeColor, and I will delete the parts I stamped on the temporary variable so I can use solutionMoleculeColor later on. My problem is that it is still deleting solutionMoleculeColor and I have no idea why. I tried various other workarounds but it's like my project is cursed to always delete solutionMoleculeColor

Hopefully this makes sense. I'll insert the whole project download just in case.

TLDR: code is deleting wrong list
Eureka.aia (22.0 KB)

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AI2 lists are linked lists, not arrays.

So when you remove an item from a list, all the other items move down to fill the hole.

So if you want to deplete a list as you consume its items, all you ever need is item 1. After you remove item 1, the old items will move down to give you a new item 1.

By the way, I am leery of the idea of using numbers 1,2,3 as dictionary keys. It is worth checking if it will act like a list of lists, if you try removing say item 2 and hope to still find an item 3 of your original 3 items.

(I tested this.)

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My fears were unfounded.
I might have been thinking of CloudDB or Firebase.

P.S. I tried the game.
Once I figured out I was supposed to duplicate the top image it worked okay for me.

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I have no idea what the difference between a linked list / array list (I tried using Bing AI to help me summarize it, it kinda helped).

But anyways, I do remove #1 of the list, except its removing it from multiple lists even though I'm not telling it to.

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To be safe, use the COPY LIST block when setting one list to another list, otherwise your operations on one list will affect the other list.

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This list experiment will expose the inner secrets of AI2 lists:

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That seemed to work! I didn't know that that could be causing that.

Thank you so much!

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Glad you got it working.

Your code exceeded my personal complexity limit.

Sometimes you can simplify code by generalizing it to n cases, in this case n towers and m ball height limit.

Do you have a link to the original game's description?

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Quick question: What is an n case?

Here is a brief description of the game: Dr. Eureka Board Game | BoardGames.com | Your source for everything to do with Board Games

Basically you mix molecules in test tubes

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Mathematicians often use the letter n to denote an unknown whole number.

How would the code look for the case where you did not know ahead of time how many columns were involved, say 7 columns?

Taking that approach drives the design towards using more lists, rather than enumerating the columns and their combinations 1 by 1.

Scan the blocks in this sample app, and look for number blocks that contain anything other than 0,1,-1. Aside from a Fontsize setting, there are none.

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