Using Repetition with Turtles

Section 20.2 Using Repetition with Turtles

While learning how to draw with the turtle, we have found many reasons to repeat ourselves in ways that a loop can make easier. A simple example is a square procedure - it needs to do both forward and right 4 times. So why not have a for loop repeat those for us:

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Checkpoint 20.2.1.

The following program should define a procedure triangle that uses a loop to help draw a triangle. The main part of the program calls that function twice to draw two different triangles.

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Arrange and indent the blocks correctly. You will not need them all.

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def triangle(turtleName):
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 for side in range(3):
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  turtleName.forward(120)
  turtleName.right(90)
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  nick.forward(120)
  nick.right(90)  #distractor
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#Start of main part of program
from turtle import *
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nick = Turtle()
triangle(nick)
nick.right(180)
triangle(nick)

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Checkpoint 20.2.2.

The following program uses a turtle to draw a 175x150 rectangle as shown below, but the lines are mixed up. We want to define a rectangle procedure that twice repeats the process to draw half of a rectangle: draw a line for the width, then turn, draw a line for the height, and turn again.

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Arrange the blocks into the correct solution and indent them properly. You will not use all of the blocks.

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def rectangle(turtle, width, height):
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 # repeat 2 times
 for i in range(2):
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 # repeat 2 times
 for i in range(2)  #paired
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  turtle.forward(width)
  turtle.right(90)
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  carlos.forward(width)
  carlos.right(90)  #paired
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  turtle.forward(height)
  turtle.right(90)
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  turtle.forward(150)
  turtle.right(90)  #paired
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from turtle import *
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carlos = Turtle()
rectangle(carlos, 175, 150)

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