createStar()

Purpose

Creates a star to be drawn with drawShape()

Description

Creates a star with centre origin to be drawn at the specified x and y location with the specified dimensions and number of points

Syntax

shape = createStar( x, y, innerRadius, outerRadius, numPoints )

Arguments

shape Handle which stores the newly created shape

x Horizontal screen position in pixels

y Vertical screen position in pixels

width Radius of the inside section of the star

height Radius of the outside section of the star

Example

// draw a multicoloured 7-pointed star on the screen
shape_1 = createStar( gwidth() / 2, gheight() / 2, 100, 300, 7  )

points = [
    red,
    orange,
    yellow,
    green,
    blue,
    indigo,
    violet
]

for i = 0 to len( points ) loop
    setVertexColour( shape_1, i, points[i] )
repeat

for i = len( points ) to 0 step -1 loop
    setVertexColour( shape_1, i + 7, points[i - 1] )
repeat

drawShape( shape_1 )
update()
sleep( 3 )

Associated Commands