Function and turtle help

[Dave Angel]

 Scott W Dunning <swdunning at cox.net> Wrote in message:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to make a function that allows me to color in a star that was drawn in Turtle.  I just keep having trouble no matter what I do.  I’ll post the code I have for the star (just in case).  The ultimate goal is to create a script that’ll draw the American flag (we’re learning this piece by piece in class.  So, I need to create a function that will color in the star that I can call multiple times for each star.  Any help is greatly appreciated!
> 
> Scott
> 
> from turtle import *
> from math import sin, sqrt, radians
> 
> showturtle()
> def star(width):
>     R = (width)/2*sin(radians(72))
>     A = (2*width)/(3+sqrt(5))
>     penup()
>     left(18)
>     penup()
>     forward(R)
>     pendown()
>     
>     left(162)
>     forward(A)
>     right(72)
>     forward(A)
>     
>     left(144)
>     forward(A)
>     right(72)
>     forward(A)
> 
>     left(144)
>     forward(A)
>     right(72)
>     forward(A)
>     
>     left(144)
>     forward(A)
>     right(72)
>     forward(A)
> 
>     left(144)
>     forward(A)
>     right(72)
>     forward(A)
> 
>     penup()
>     left(180-18)
>     penup()
>     forward(R)
>     penup()
>     left(180-18)
>     pendown()
> showturtle()
> star(500)
 
> 

Look at turtle.begin_fill and turtle.end_fill

That's after making sure your star is a closed shape.


-- 
DaveA