Eng:Automatically Sorting New List Entries

This is a tutorial on Automatically Sorting New List Entries alphabetically and numerically. This tutorial will teach you how to tell Scratch to differentiate between a number and a word, and then how to sort it.

How to do it
First of all, you will need four variables and four lists. In this tutorial, they will be:
 * Variables
 * # - An iterator
 * NFirst - Number First
 * WFirst - Word First
 * Var - Another iterator
 * Lists
 * Numbers - A hidden list of numbers
 * Sorted Numbers - A shown list, which shows all the numbers in numerical order
 * Words - A hidden list of words
 * Sorted Words - A shown list, which shows all the words in alphabetical order

Then you need to create this script:

when gf clicked set [NFirst v] to [1] set [WFirst v] to [1] delete (all v) of [Numbers v] delete (all v) of [Sorted Numbers v] delete (all v) of [Words v] delete (all v) of [Sorted Words v]

Then you will need to broadcast something which will tell an ask block to ask a question.

when I receive [Question v] ask [Add a word or number:] and wait if <<(answer) > [0]> or <(answer) < [1]>> then change [NFirst v] by (1) broadcast [Numbers v] else change [WFirst v] by (1) broadcast [Words v] end

That script determined whether the input was a number or a word.

Depending on whether it is a number or a word, that script broadcasted "numbers" or "words."

To receive the broadcasts, insert these scripts:

when I receive [Words v] set [# v] to [1] if <(answer) = []> then broadcast [Question v] stop [this script v] else if <(WFirst) = [1]> then add (answer) to [Words v] add [] to [Sorted Words v]  set [Var v] to [1] repeat (length of [Words v]) replace item (Var) of [Sorted Words v] with (item (((length of [Words v]) - (Var)) + (1)) of [Words v]) change [Var v] by (1) end broadcast [Question v] stop [this script v] else repeat ((length of [Words v]) + (1)) if <(answer) < (item (#) of [Words v])> then change [# v] by (1) else insert (answer) at (#) of [Words v]   add [] to [Sorted Words v]    set [Var v] to [1] repeat (length of [Words v]) replace item (Var) of [Sorted Words v] with (item (((length of [Words v]) - (Var)) + (1)) of [Words v]) change [Var v] by (1) end broadcast [Question v]   stop [this script v]   end end end end

Then copy the script, replacing any instance of the word "Words" with "Numbers", and replace "WFirst" with "NFirst".

These scripts will add the input to either the Sorted Words or Sorted Numbers lists, in correct alphabetical/numerical order.