STARLOGO COMMANDS:

 

 

COMMAND

EXPLANATION

EXAMPLE

BK, BACKWARD number

Turtle moves backward the number of steps

BK 5

CRT, CREATE-TURTLES number

Creates the number of turtles

CRT 1

CT, CLEAR-TURTLES

Clears or kills all of the turtles

CT

FD, FORWARD number

Turtle moves forward the number of steps

FD 5

HT, HIDETURTLE

Designated turtles are hidden

HT

IF condition [list of commands]

If the condition returns true then the list of commands is executed

IF COLOR = PINK [FD 10]

IFELSE condition [list of commands1] [list of commands2]

If the condition returns true then do the list of commands in list of commands1 otherwise if the condition returns false do the list of commands in commands2

IFELSE COLOR = LIME [FD 5] [BK 5]

JUMP number

Turtle jumps forward the number of steps

JUMP 10

LT, LEFT

Turtle turns left the number of degrees

LT 90

PD, PENDOWN

Turtle puts down its pen and draws when FD or BK are used

PD

PENDOWN?

Returns true if pen is down and false if pen is up.

IF PENDOWN? SETC PINK

PENUP?

Returns true if pen is up and false if pen is down

IF PENUP? SETC LIME

PU, PENUP

Turtle picks up its pen so it don longer draws when it moves

PU

REPEAT number [list of commands]

Do or execute the list of commands the times called for in number

REPEAT 4 [FD 10 RT 90]

RT, RIGHT number

Turtle turns right the number of degrees

RT 90

SETC, SETCOLOR color name (or color number can also be used here)

Sets the color for a turtle

SETC PINK

(Pink is also 135)

SHOWN?

Returns true if the turtle is currently showing otherwise returns false

IF SHOWN? [FD 5]

ST, SHOWTURTLE

Hidden turtles become visible

ST

Supported colors

BLACK, BLUE, BROWN, CYAN, GRAY, GREEN, LIME, MAGENTA, ORANGE, PINK, RED, SKY TURQUOISE, WHITE, YELLOW