Re: Function and turtle help topic

Scott W Dunning <(E-Mail Removed)> Wrote in message:
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> On Feb 20, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Dave Angel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>> Look at turtle.begin_fill and turtle.end_fill
>>
>> That's after making sure your star is a closed shape.
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> So, this is what I have so far and it “works” but, it fills in the star with black and as you can see below I am trying to fill it in with red. So I’m obviously messing up somewhere.
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> def fillcolor(red):
> pencolor()
> begin_fill()
> star(500)
> end_fill()
>
> red = pencolor
> fillcolor(red)
>

You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of how variables
and function parameters work.

> def fillcolor(red):
The parameter should be something like color, not red.

> pencolor()
You need an argument to this function if you expect it to
change the color. I suggest color, the parameter we just
renamed.

> red = pencolor

That does nothing at all useful for you. I expect you really want
red = "red"


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DaveA