# Is there a call fuction on thunkable comparable to MIT App Inventors

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [July 8, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-there-a-call-fuction-on-thunkable-comparable-to-mit-app-inventors/1386255 "2021-07-08T19:36:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![danieljsmith1011po](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@danieljsmith1011po](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danieljsmith1011po)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-there-a-call-fuction-on-thunkable-comparable-to-mit-app-inventors/1386255/1 "2021-07-08T19:36:56Z")

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These two call functions are from MIT App Inventor. What are the equivalent call functions on Thunkable? I need to know how to do these two functions.

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**Author:** ![catsarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/catsarisky/32/100661_2.png) [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-there-a-call-fuction-on-thunkable-comparable-to-mit-app-inventors/1386255/2 "2021-07-08T19:40:07Z")

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You can absolutely pop an alert - there’s an alert block that does what that notifier block does.  
[Alert - Thunkable Docs](https://docs.thunkable.com/alert) or [Alert - Thunkable Docs](https://docs.thunkable.com/v/drag-and-drop/alert)

I’m not sure what PlayAction does - can you explain what it does so that we can help you?

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**Author:** ![danieljsmith1011po](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@danieljsmith1011po](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danieljsmith1011po)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-there-a-call-fuction-on-thunkable-comparable-to-mit-app-inventors/1386255/3 "2021-07-08T19:43:02Z")

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This is my PlayAction.

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**Author:** ![catsarisky](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/catsarisky/32/100661_2.png) [@catsarisky](https://community.thunkable.com/u/catsarisky)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-there-a-call-fuction-on-thunkable-comparable-to-mit-app-inventors/1386255/4 "2021-07-08T19:45:43Z")

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Oh. That’s a function. We absolutely have those in Thunkable, and they’ll work similar to AI.

> **[Functions](https://docs.thunkable.com/v/drag-and-drop/functions)**

To invoke it, you don’t need a “call” block, you just choose the function itself - once you create it, it will appear on the functions palette.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-there-a-call-fuction-on-thunkable-comparable-to-mit-app-inventors/1386255/5 "2024-11-08T13:19:54Z")

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