Controlling a Turtle's Movements

MicroWorlds

Turtles can be controlled using many of the same commands used in Logo.

Some of these commands are:

COMMAND	EXAMPLE	EXPLAINATION
setpos	setpos [-20 30]	sets the position of turtle
seth	seth 90	sets the turtle heading 0 is up 90 is right 180 down etc.
fd	fd 10	moves forward
bk	bk 5	moves back
wait	wait 5	waits a set time
rt	rt 90	right turn by an amount in °
lt	lt 180	left turn by an amount in °
st	st	show turtle
ht	ht	hide turtle
everyone	everyone,	all turtles
t1	t2,	talk to turtle listed
launch	launch [runbark]	launches a procedure
touching?	touching? "t1 "t2	reports true or false on whether the turtles listed are touching
when	when [touching? "t1 t2] [announce [Ouch]]
colourunder	when [colourunder = 15] [rt 180]

There are lots of other commands available and it is always possible to find these using Help

Created by Geoff Adcock
Last Update: 22-Oct-2006