Roger Lea Scherer wrote:
> I've tried everything I can think of but cannot get the pencolor to
> change. (Although the arrow drawing the boxes changes color.) I've placed
> it in places I didn't even think it would work. The arrow draws what looks
> like the boxes I expect, but the color looks the same as the background.
> So I assigned a variable and printed that variable which says None. See:
>
> RESTART: C:/Users/Roger/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python36/turtle
> square draw.py
> None
>>>>
>
> Removing " color = " doesn't change the outcome. I hope this adequately
> explains things.Thanks, again.
>
> import turtle
>
> def drawSquare(t, sz):
> """Get turtle t to draw a square of sz side"""
> t.pu()
I recommend that you use the long name here, penup() instead of pu().
I should then become glaringly obvious that you lift the pen but never put
it down again...
> t.forward(sz*2)
>
> for i in range(4):
> t.forward(sz)
> t.left(90)
>
>
> wn = turtle.Screen()
> wn.bgcolor("blue")
>
> alex = turtle.Turtle()
> color = alex.pencolor("darkgreen")
> print(color)
>
> def main():
> for i in range(4):
> drawSquare(alex,20)
>
> main()
>
> wn.exitonclick()
>
>
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