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Can anyone help?

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e14 Contributor over 10 years ago

Hi guys,

 

Can anyone tell me why the code in the left window (in the attached photo) is only making the Turtle draw just one straight line, when it is supposed to be drawing a house? I've checked and triple checked and I can't work out the problem.

Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard.

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    0 ntewinkel over 10 years ago

    Here is the code, fixed up:

     

    from turtle import *
    
    
    def turtle_controller(do, val):
        do = do.upper()
        if do == 'F':
            forward(val)
        elif do == 'B':
            backward(val)
        elif do == 'R':
            right(val)
        elif do == 'L':
            left(val)
        elif do == 'U':
            penup()
        elif do == 'D':
            pendown()
        elif do == 'N':
            reset()
        else:
            print('unrecognized command')
    
    
    def string_artist(program):
        cmd_list = program.split('-')
        for command in cmd_list:
            cmd_len = len(command)
            if cmd_len == 0:
                continue
            cmd_type = command[0]
            num=0
            if cmd_len >1:
                num_string = command[1:]
                num = int(num_string)
            print(command, ':', cmd_type, ' ', num)
            turtle_controller(cmd_type, num)
    
    
    string_artist('N-L90-F100-R45-F70-R90-F70-R45-F100-R90-F100')

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    0 e14 Contributor over 10 years ago in reply to ntewinkel

    Excellent, thanks Nico,  I shall try that out as soon as I get home later and let you know what happens.

    Kind regards,

    Richard.

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    0 e14 Contributor over 10 years ago in reply to ntewinkel

    Excellent, thanks Nico,  I shall try that out as soon as I get home later and let you know what happens.

    Kind regards,

    Richard.

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