createCircle()

Purpose

Creates a circle to be drawn with drawShape()

Description

Creates a circle with centre origin to be drawn at the specified x and y location with the specified radius and number of vertices

Syntax

shape = createCircle( x, y, radius, vertices )

Arguments

shape Handle to store the newly created circle

x Horizontal screen position of the circle

y Vertical screen position of the circle

radius Distance from the centre of the circle to the edge (in pixels)

vertices Number of vertices (points) making up the circle

Example

// draw a multicoloured circle on screen
shape_1 = createCircle( gwidth() / 2, gheight() / 2, 500, 360 )

for i = 0 to 360 loop
    setVertexColour( shape_1, i, { random( 1.0 ), random( 1.0 ), random( 1.0 ), 1 } )
repeat

drawShape( shape_1 )
update()
sleep( 3 )

Associated Commands