# Problem with On Block Broken

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/problem-with-on-block-broken/5173>\
**Category:** Minecraft\
**Created:** [December 21, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/problem-with-on-block-broken/5173 "2020-12-21T16:59:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![diogodasilva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@diogodasilva](https://forum.makecode.com/u/diogodasilva)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/problem-with-on-block-broken/5173/1 "2020-12-21T16:59:27Z")

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Hey everyone,

First post here, wondering if you can help me out. I’m coding an activity where students mine blocks that are stored in an array. Subsequently, when they use a stick, the array is depleted. All that is good.

I want to set a “target” variable to hold the kind of block they must mine, either using the BLOCK block (:D) or the “block by id”.

Problem: Makecode assumes that “On block broken (target)” comes before “on start” and issues an error.

 ![problem](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/7/703b0f0fae544ad1af1f45f40a7ec1e8f1ab3764.png)

I was able to get a workaround by basically moving the “on block broken” to someplace after the initialization of target, but this has to be done every time the code runs.

 ![solution](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/1/1c7d956972a0e581a9caae0330f92549a9f4b2b5.png)

Does anyone know of a solution for this? It’s not a major issue, but it is kind of annoying :D.

Thank you all

Anyone know of a

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**Author:** ![Agent\_14](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/agent_14/32/17567_2.png) [@Agent\_14](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Agent_14)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/problem-with-on-block-broken/5173/2 "2020-12-23T16:54:36Z")

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This is probably a bug. Maybe submit it here:

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