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In this Activity, you will learn about Repeat loops.
In the previous program, there were four Forward instructions. It can often be more convenient to
use a Repeat loop.
Click the Repeat button to select the Repeat Programming page:
Click on the "Repeat N times" radiobutton. The upper part of the page has instructions for a
Repeat loop which repeats a fixed number of times. Edit the program from Activity 8 so it is like
this:
Download and run the program. The robot should behave as it did before.
The robot has only three "repeat" counters so "Repeat N times" instructions may only be nested
up to three deep. Other blocks (While, Repeat, If) may be nested to any depth. For instance:
Repeat 4 times
<instructions>
Repeat 6 times
Repeat 2 times
<instructions>
Repeat 2 times
<instructions>
End
End
<instructions>
End
End
Is illegal - the Repeat-End blocks are nested four deep. But this:
