Console

Introduction

All Console blocks will appear in the VEX AIR Drone Controller’s Mission Logs. These blocks allow you to display text, receive input, and format printed data in real time.

Below is a list of the available blocks:

• print on console – Displays text at the current cursor position.

• set cursor to next row on console – Moves the cursor to the next row.

• clear console – Clears all text from the console.

• ask and wait & answer – Prompts the user for input, then waits for a response to be entered in the Console. The input can be used in the project.

• set print precision on console – Adjusts numeric formatting for printed numbers.

• set font color on console – Changes the color of printed text.

print on console

The print on console block displays text in the controller’s Mission Logs with the current font color.

print stack block

    print [VEXcode] on console ▶

Parameters	Description
value	The text, number, or variable value to display in the Mission Logs.
expanding arrow	Expand the block to say and set cursor to next row and make the cursor move to the next row after this block.

Example

    when started :: hat events
    [Display a message in the console.]
    print [Hello, Drone!] on console ▶

set cursor to next row on console

The set cursor to next row on console block moves the cursor to the next row in the controller’s Mission Logs.

set cursor to next row stack block

    set cursor to next row on console

Parameters	Description
	This block has no parameters.

Example

When started, prints ‘Line 1’ on the console, moves the cursor to the next row, and then prints ‘Line 2’.

    when started :: hat events
    [Display two lines of text.]
    print [Line 1] on console ▶
    set cursor to next row on console
    print [Line 2] on console ▶

clear console

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ask and wait & answer

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set print precision on console

The set print precision on console block sets the precision formatting used for displaying numbers in the controller’s Mission Logs. This print precision will apply to all subsequently printed numbers.

set print precision stack block

    set print precision to [0.1 v] on console

Parameters	Description
precision	Sets the print precision to: 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 All Digits

Example

When started, sets print precision to two decimal places and prints 1/3 as 0.33 on the console.

    when started :: hat events
    [Print 1/3 as 0.33.]
    set print precision to [0.01 v] on console
    print ([1] [math_division v] [3]) on console ▶

set font color on console

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