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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> alice-teachers [mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+mariaricarhea.solock=vbschools.com@lists.andrew.cmu.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 09, 2017 4:23 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> alice-teacher Question about move toward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am using Alice 2.4.3. One of my students today produced unexpected behavior using “move toward.” Consider this code:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"> <b><span style="background:#F0F0FF">chicken</span></b> <b>turn <span style="background:#F0F0FF">left</span></b> <b><span style="background:#F0F0FF">1 </span></b><span style="background:#F0F0FF">revolution</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif"> <b><span style="background:#F0F0FF">chicken</span></b> <b>move </b><span style="background:#F0F0FF">amount = <b>2 </b>meters</span> <b>toward </b><span style="background:#F0F0FF">target
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<p class="MsoNormal">The chicken turns in a circle rather than turning while moving toward the bunny. I know that “move forward” combined with “turn left” will result in circular movement. But I don’t understand why “move toward” is doing it. After all, “move
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is this a bug or desired behavior? If desired, can someone explain it to me?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">James<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">—<br>
James Vanderhyde<br>
Assistant Professor, Computer Science<br>
Program Director, Master of Applied Computer Science<br>
Saint Xavier University<br>
3700 W. 103rd St.<br>
Chicago, IL 60655<br>
773-298-3454<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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