Question

programming help

Answer 1

Write a program to draw a repetitive pattern or outline of a shape using for loops and Turtle Graphics. Use the following guidelines to write your program.

Decide on a repetitive pattern or the outline of a shape, such as a house, to draw.
Give your artwork a name. Print the name to the output.
Using for loops and the Turtle Module, draw the outline of a shape or a repetitive pattern.
At least one for loop that repeats three or more times must be used.
Use at least one color apart from black.
Write the pseudocode for this program. Be sure to include any needed input, calculations, and output.

Answer 2

this is what i have to complete

Answer 3

was wondering if anyone can help me get started..

Answer 4

@vocaloid

Answer 5

btw i only have one more of these programming questions after this

Answer 6

i dont need help on the pseudocode just the coding part.

Answer 7

@smokeybrown when you get a chance

Answer 8

I'm not very familiar with this "Turtle Module" and how it relates to drawing shapes and patterns. Unfortunately, I don't think I can be of much help for this problem. unless I get a chance to research the subject in more detail later (no promises!)

Answer 9

maybe this video can help

Answer 10

Thanks for sharing that resource, it certainly helps give a better idea of what the Turtle graphics module is used for.
Indeed, the video showed how to change colors for your drawing and how to use loops to give instructions to the drawing tool. That just leaves the "design" of the shape or pattern to you--which is great because it's a purely creative task with no wrong answers!

So, about the assignment, do you have some idea of what kind of shape or pattern you want to draw? Or perhaps you want to experiment a bit with the code and see what you can get? Either approach would be fine, I think.

Answer 11

alright so i just finished this assignment i think i did it pretty good, heres my code for it:

import turtle

def main():
donald = turtle.Turtle()
print ("My first turtle milkyway artwork!")

donald.color("blue")
donald.circle(95)
donald.color("blue")
donald.circle(90)
donald.color("blue")
donald.circle(85)
donald.color("pink")
donald.circle(80)
donald.color("pink")
donald.circle(75)
donald.color("pink")
donald.circle(70)
donald.color("pink")
donald.circle(65)
donald.color("red")
donald.circle(60)
donald.color("red")
donald.circle(55)
donald.color("red")
donald.circle(50)
for side in range(4):
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(45)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(40)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(35)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(30)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(25)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(20)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(15)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(10)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(5)
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(0)
donald.color("white")

main()

Answer 12

program*

Answer 13

its supposed to be a milkyway type thing

Answer 14

it turned out okay

Answer 15

but please dont leave because i have one more programming i need help with

Answer 16

do you think the code is good?

Answer 17

Sounds like a cool concept! I'll plug it into a python editor so I can see how it looks...

Answer 18

https://lti.flvsgl.com/flvs-cat-content/9f03216t3g4qaedqlvj1lv6i61/flvs-cat-session/educator_foundofprog_v16/global/interactives/python_idle/python_idle.htm

Answer 19

heres one

Answer 20

it doesnt look amazing but i tried

Answer 21

i was also trying to draw a house but it was too hard

Answer 22

Oh, one thing I noticed is that you don't need to specify the color of your Turtle object every time it moves, only when you want the color to be different.
So for the chunk of code that says

donald.color("blue")
donald.circle(95)
donald.color("blue")
donald.circle(90)
donald.color("blue")
donald.circle(85)

It could be simplified to just
donald.color("blue")
donald.circle(95)
donald.circle(90)
donald.circle(85)

Since the color stays blue that entire time

Answer 23

so i just stuck with something circular

Answer 24

Oh, ill revise that

Answer 25

It does end up being a pretty cool-looking pattern!

Another critique I have is that the for-loop seems to just repeat over itself. Like, after the first time drawing the white circles, the drawing tool goes over the same circles 3 more times, which doesn't change the final appearance of the drawing. The result is essentially the same as if the code was written without a loop.

That's not necessarily a problem, just something to be aware of. Though the loop doesn't really change the final appearance of the pattern, it can be kind of fun to watch the drawing tool go around and around on itself a few times :)

Answer 26

it said: 4. At least one for loop that repeats three or more times must be used.

Answer 27

so i thought thats what that meant

Answer 28

another thing is that what would i put for my input for the pseudocode?

Answer 29

6. Write the pseudocode for this program. Be sure to include any needed input, calculations, and output.

Answer 30

do i just include the output?

Answer 31

In fact, I have a suggestion for how you can achieve the same effect with your pattern, since the size of your circles seems to decrement by a constant amount each time (smaller by 5, each time). Perhaps something like

circleSize = 90
donald.color("blue")
for (b in range(3)):
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("pink")
for (p in range(4))
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("red")
for (p in range(3))
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("white")
for (p in range(9))
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5

This kind of structure takes more advantage of the potential of loops, which makes writing and reading the code easier, I think. It works by defining how many circles of each color to draw and by decreasing the size of the circle incrementally each loop. You can try and see if it works, and if you're satisfied with the result, you can feel free to use that code :)

Answer 32

okay this is my code right now:

def main():
donald = turtle.Turtle()
print ("My first turtle milky way artwork!")

(remove) donald.color("blue")
donald.circle(95)
donald.circle(90)
donald.circle(85)
donald.color("pink")
donald.circle(80)
donald.circle(75)
donald.circle(70)
donald.circle(65)
donald.color("red")
donald.circle(60)
donald.circle(55)
(remove until here) donald.circle(50)
for side in range(4):
donald.color("white")
donald.circle(45)
donald.circle(40)
donald.circle(35)
donald.circle(30)
donald.circle(25)
donald.circle(20)
donald.circle(15)
donald.circle(10)
donald.circle(5)
donald.circle(0)

main()

Answer 33

do i remove the code until there?

Answer 34

Whoops, I'm not used to Python syntax :) I forgot that for-loop conditions are not supposed to be in parentheses, my bad. Also good to use different pointer variables for different loops. Should look more like this

circleSize = 90
donald.color("blue")
for b in range(3):
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("pink")
for p in range(4)
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("red")
for r in range(3)
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("white")
for w in range(9)
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5

Answer 35

or everything after that aswell

Answer 36

def main():
donald = turtle.Turtle()
print ("My first turtle milky way artwork!")
circleSize = 90
donald.color("blue")
for b in range(3):
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("pink")
for p in range(4)
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("red")
for r in range(3)
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5
donald.color("white")
for w in range(9)
donald.circle(circleSize)
circleSize = circleSize - 5

main()

like this right?

Answer 37

I think the revised version of the code you put in your last response looks good, definitely cleaner than before.

My suggestion with loops for each color is just one way to do things, not the only way. And your code certainly works. I noticed some mistakes I made in the indentation and making sure that there are colons : after each for-loop condition.
Apart from that, I think it looks good!

Answer 38

whats wrong in this pic?

Answer 39

i think indented correctly

Answer 40

Ah, that's my bad. Missing colon at the end of line 14. Might want to check the other for-loop condition lines to make sure they have colons at the end as well. Just a little syntax detail, easy to fix if you can catch it

Answer 41

U are missing :

Answer 42

another thing though

Answer 43

for my pseudocode

Answer 44

6. Write the pseudocode for this program. Be sure to include any needed input, calculations, and output

Answer 45

so do i only put the output since theres no input or calculations?

Answer 46

There's definitely no input in this program, so you don't need to write anything about that. I guess calculating the decreasing size of the circles could count as a "calculation", but you'd probably include that detail when you're writing about the for-loops anyway, so there's not really a need to pay special attention to that

Do you think you'll be ok writing the pseudocode to describe your program?

Answer 47

Here use this as an example:

Answer 48

In the input you should be talking about the steps you went through or explain what you are doing for the code.

Answer 49

And as you see in the output you can just put "my milkyway"

Answer 50

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Answer 51

No problem.
I think there are many different conventions or styles for writing pseudocode. The important thing is to make your pseudocode easy to read and understand and, to some extent, make it easy to convert pseudocode to the code that actually makes up the program.

I think kekeman's suggestion for how to write pseudocode is valid, although it is possible your instructor means something different when they ask you to describe "inputs". As with any writing, it is also important to keep in mind your audience; in this case, I think your best bet is to follow the pseudocode conventions you've been using in this course so far

I won't be online constantly of course, but if I do need to step away for a bit, I'll make sure to check in frequently so you shouldn't have to wait too long for help :)