Netlogo Functions

Question 1

count?

Answer 1

• reports the number of agents in the given agent set

Question 2

any?

Answer 2

• reports true is the given agent set is non-empty
• otherwise it is false

Question 3

n-of size agentset

Answer 3

• reports an agentset of size randomly chosen from the input
• no repeats

Question 4

n-of size list

Answer 4

• reports a list of size randomly chosen from the input set
• no repeats

Question 5

sprout

Answer 5

• creates a # of new turtles on a patch
• random integer heading and color
• turtles immediately run commands

Question 6

hatch

Answer 6

• needs a number
• when a turtle creates new turtles
• each new turtle will have a new “who” number

Question 7

turtles-here

Answer 7

• reports an agentset containing all the turtles on the caller’s patch

Question 8

other

Answer 8

• reports an agentset which is the same as the input agentset but omits the agent

Question 9

patch-ahead

Answer 9

• needs a distance
• reports the single patch that is the given distance ahead of the turtle (current heading)
• reports nobody if the patch does not exist