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Lesson 6

The document discusses creating a screensaver program in Small Basic. It explains that a screensaver has moving objects on the screen indefinitely. It provides code examples to draw shapes like rectangles and circles, set random colors, and use a While loop to repeat the program indefinitely. The key aspects of a screensaver are that it displays moving objects continuously on the screen until stopped.

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Lesson 6

The document discusses creating a screensaver program in Small Basic. It explains that a screensaver has moving objects on the screen indefinitely. It provides code examples to draw shapes like rectangles and circles, set random colors, and use a While loop to repeat the program indefinitely. The key aspects of a screensaver are that it displays moving objects continuously on the screen until stopped.

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LESSON 6: RANDOM NUMBERS FIRST STEPS IN SMALL

BASIC
OBJECTIVES
To use the RandomNumber function to generate random coordinates
To use the RandomColor function to get a random colour
To use a WhileEndWhile loop
SCREEN BURN
SCREENSAVERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gMTYTDQLbM
MAKING A SCREENSAVER
A screensaver has moving objects on the screen
It continues indefinitely
DESIGN YOUR OWN SCREENSAVER!

What are the main requirements


of a screensaver?
DRAWING A RECTANGLE
To draw a rectangle you can use a statement like
GraphicsWindow.DrawRectangle(100, 100, 200,70)
To change the pen colour:
GraphicsWindow.PenColor ="Green

How will you draw a filled green square?


DRAWING FILLED SHAPES
We can easily draw and fill rectangles and ellipses without using the
turtle
To draw a red ellipse:
GraphicsWindow.BrushColor = Red GraphicsWindow.FillEllipse(XCoord,
YCoord, width,height)

How would you draw a blue circle with diameter 60?


RANDOMISING
To get a random colour, use a statement like

Colour = GraphicsWindow.GetRandomColor()
GraphicsWindow.BrushColor = Colour
USING A WHILEENDWHILE LOOP
To make a section of code repeat indefinitely, you can use a
While.Endwhile loop
'Make the program continue until the user presses End Program
ContinueForEver = "Yes"
While ContinueForEver = "Yes"
'insert program statements in here
EndWhile

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