Ask () to

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Not to be confused with Ask () and Wait (block).

Ask () to
Category	Control
Type	C
Introduced in	Scratch 30Jun03
Removed in	Scratch 11Oct03

The Ask () to block was a C block and Control block. This block allowed users to do something with a sprite with the code in a different sprite. This was likely the prototype for broadcasting. It was removed for unknown reasons in 11Oct03.

Replication

This article or section uses images made with Snap!, a Scratch Modification which allows script formatting. Differences include block multilining and zebra coloring.

This behavior can be replicated in Scratch 3.0 and 2.0 by using a broadcast message. For example, one could put this in Sprite2:

when I receive [Sprite2 move 10 steps v]
move (10) steps

And then one could put this in Sprite1.

define ask Sprite2 to move 10 steps
broadcast (Sprite2 move 10 steps v)

Using these blocks, one can make code in one sprite trigger code in another.

This behaviour can be replicated in Snap! through the block.