Help with flower stem

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So I’m not sure if its a bug or me lol, with the little time I’ve had I’ve tried to solve the flower but I’m stuck at the stem. Tried several times with various technics and i cant solve it and because of it i cant start on level 3 exercises.

Here is my code:

set ground_y to 90

set flower_radius to 0
set flower_grow_speed to 0.4
set flower_ascend to 1

set flower_x to 50
set flower_y to 90

set pistil_radius to 0
set pistil_grow_speed to 0.1

set stem_x to 50
set stem_y to 90
set stem_width to 0
set stem_height to 0

repeat 60 times do
  change flower_radius to flower_radius + flower_grow_speed
  change flower_y to flower_y - flower_ascend

  change pistil_radius to pistil_radius + pistil_grow_speed

  change stem_x to flower_x - (stem_width / 2 )
  change stem_y to flower_y
  change stem_width to stem_height / 10
  change stem_height to ground_y - stem_y

  

  // Sky
  fill_color_hex("#ADD8E6") 
  rectangle(0, 0, 100, 90)
  
  // Ground
  fill_color_hex("green")
  rectangle(0, ground_y, 100, 10)

  //Flower
  fill_color_hex("red")
  circle(50, flower_y, flower_radius)

  //Pistil
  fill_color_hex("yellow")
  circle(flower_x, flower_y, pistil_radius)

  //Stem
  fill_color_hex("green")
  rectangle(stem_x, stem_y, stem_width, stem_height)

  // TODO: Draw the flower here
end
2

I added codeblocks for you :slight_smile:

Do you get an error when you run it? What does the error say?

Did you try to use the scrubber to examine the values?

3

Thank you and yes i do get an error it says " Uh Oh. The first Stem isn’t correct."

So I checked the scrubber and it gives. This called the rectangle function with the values (47.1, 30, 5.9, 60).

It drew a rectangle at coordinates (47.1, 30) with a width of 5.9 and a height of 60.

seems like its either going over 0.1 (x value) or is missing an 0.1 (width value).

4

That sounds like the completed, final stem. You may want to scroll to the start and look at the first stem. What numbers do you get for that?

5

This is what i have for the first flower.
set stem_x to 50
set stem_y to 90
set stem_width to 0
set stem_height to 0

When i change the numbers of the variable to * Stem: rectangle(49.95, 89, 0.1, 1) I get an error saying Uh Oh. The final Stem isn’t correct. Either way its over 0.1 or missing an 0.1.

6

sorry my math is not my strong suit! :]

7

If you check the instructions, you’ll see a bit that says " Got it working but have an error still?" with a thing to expand, and then a video from me. That should help you solve this.

If you don’t see it, please refresh the page, as I added it earlier today.

Let us know if that helps! :slight_smile:

8

Amazing! I had to fix the order of the variable and that solved it! Thank you!. Excited to finish it and get into the next exercises.

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9

Great! Congrats!