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How do I have alice ask a user for a number to controll the amount of times the object will spin when it jumps up?
I"m confused

[jediaction]

Look at the text book discussion on the forums

[dubastot]

You make a variable. Drag and drop it to the methods bar and then go to the world functions tab. You will see a method called "ask user for number". Put that in and when you start your world, it will ask you for the number.

[jediaction]

or just explain