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title: "Placing Markers for Visualising A*"
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# Placing Markers for Visualising A*

In this tutorial students will learn how to add UI text components to the markers being used to visualise the A\* algorithm.

## 1. Placing Markers for Visualising A*

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In this unit students will complete most of the code focused on running the A\* algorithms logic.