Console

Introduction

The VEXcode AIM Console is displayed in the Monitor window within VEXcode. It allows you to display text, receive input, and format printed data in real time. Below is a list of the available methods for interacting with the console:

Actions – Output text or clear the console.

• print – Outputs text to the Console.

• clear_console – Clears all text from the Console.

Getter – Read user input.

• input – Returns the most recent user input as a string.

Mutator – Format printed text.

• set_console_text_color – Sets the color for all subsequent console text.

Actions

print

print outputs the specified text to the Console and moves the cursor to the next line by default.

Usage:
print(string, end)

Parameter	Description
string	The text that will be printed as a string.
end	Optional. The string added to the end of the printed text. Specified as end=. Default: end="\n", which is automatically hidden and moves the cursor to the next line.

# Display two messages consecutively
print("I'm printed on one line.")
print("I'm printed automatically on the next line!")

# Print three colors on one line in the Print Console
colors = ["Red", "Green", "Blue"]

for color in colors:
    print(color, end=", ")

clear_console

clear_console clears all text from the Console.

Usage:
clear_console()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

# Display text then clear it after two seconds
print("I will be cleared!")
wait(2, SECONDS)
clear_console()

Getter

input

input returns the most recent user input from the Console as a string.

Usage:
input()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

# Message the robot a name for the robot to greet
print("What is your name?")
answer = input()
print("Hi, " + answer + "! My name is AIM.")

Mutator

set_console_text_color

set_console_text_color sets the color for all subsequent console text.

Usage:
set_console_text_color(color)

Parameter	Description
color	The color to set: BLACK, BLUE, CYAN, GREEN, ORANGE, PURPLE, RED, TRANSPARENT, WHITE, or YELLOW.

# Display a green message on the Console
set_console_text_color(GREEN)
print("I am green!")