Console

Introduction

All Console blocks will appear in the VEXcode AIR Console. To view the Console, the Console Serial Port must be connected. Console blocks allow you to display text, receive input, and format printed data in real time in VEXcode AIR.

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 Console 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 Console.
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 Console.

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

The clear console block clears the Console of all text.

clear console block

    clear console

Parameters	Description
	This block has no parameters.

Example

    when started :: hat events
    [Clear a Console message after 2 seconds.]
    print [VEXcode!] on console ▶
    wait [2] seconds
    clear console

ask and wait & answer

The ask and wait and answer blocks are used together to prompt for an input from the Console and then use the input in a project.

The Ask and wait block.

    ask [What's your name?] and wait

The Answer block.

    answer

The ask and wait block has one parameter:

Parameter	Description
prompt	The prompt to display in the controller’s Console.

The answer block has no parameters.

Example

  when started :: hat events
  [Tell VEXcode your name.]
  ask [What's your name?] and wait
  print [Hello, ] on console ▶
  print (answer) on console ▶

set print precision on console

The set print precision on console block sets the precision formatting used for displaying numbers in the Console. 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

The set font color on console block changes the color of text displayed in the Console. This affects all future printed text until the color is changed again.

The set font color stack block.

    set font color to [red v] on console

Parameter	Description
color	The color to set: red green blue black white yellow orange purple cyan

Example

  when started :: hat events
  [Display a green message.]
  set font color to [green v] on console
  print [I am green!] on console ▶