Screen

Introduction

The Screen category includes blocks that allow your IQ (1st gen) Brain’s Screen to display text and values on the brain’s built-in screen.

The IQ (1st gen) Brain screen supports up to 5 rows and 21 columns of text.

Below is a list of all blocks:

Cursor Print — Display text and values on the brain.

• print — Prints a value or text to the selected screen.

• set cursor to row column — Sets the row and column location for printing.

• set cursor to next row — Moves the cursor to the next row.

• clear row — Clears a specific row.

Settings — Configure screen display properties.

• clear screen — Clears the entire screen.

• set print precision on screen — Sets how many decimal places to show.

Cursor Print

print

The print block displays text on the brain’s screen at the current cursor position.

imprimir [VEXcode] en la pantalla ▶

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

Example

cuando empezó
[Display a message at the starting cursor position.]
imprimir [Hello, Robot!] en la pantalla ◀ y coloque el cursor en la siguiente fila

set cursor to row column

When using the set cursor to row column block, the cursor is placed at a specific row and column on the brain’s screen.

The IQ (1st gen) Brain uses a monospaced font, meaning each character has the same width for consistent text alignment. The IQ (1st gen) Brain screen supports up to 5 rows and 21 columns of text.

Set cursor stack block

Coloque el cursor en la fila [1] columna [1] en la pantalla

Parameters	Description
row	The row of the cursor as an integer.
column	The column of the cursor as an integer.

Example

cuando empezó
[Display a message in the middle of the screen]
Coloque el cursor en la fila (3) columna (7) en la pantalla
imprimir [VEXcode!] en la pantalla ▶

set cursor to next row

The set cursor to next row block moves the cursor to column 1 on the next row on the brain’s screen.

Colocar el cursor en la siguiente fila de la pantalla

Parameters	Description
	This block has no parameters.

Example

cuando empezó
[Display two lines of text.]
imprimir [First Message] en la pantalla ▶
Colocar el cursor en la siguiente fila de la pantalla
imprimir [Second Message] en la pantalla ◀ y coloque el cursor en la siguiente fila

clear row

The clear row block is used to clear a single row on the brain’s screen.

Limpiar la fila (1) de la pantalla

Parameters	Description
row	The row number to clear as an integer.

Example

cuando empezó
[Display text on two rows, but only keep one.]
imprimir [This text stays] en la pantalla ◀ y coloque el cursor en la siguiente fila
imprimir [This disappears] en la pantalla ◀ y coloque el cursor en la siguiente fila
esperar (3) segundos
Limpiar la fila (2) de la pantalla

Settings

clear screen

The clear screen block clears all text and drawings from the brain’s screen.

pantalla clara

Parameters	Description
	This block has no parameters.

Example

cuando empezó
[Fill the screen, then clear it after 2 seconds.]
repetir (5)
imprimir [Line] en la pantalla ◀ y coloque el cursor en la siguiente fila
fin
esperar (3) segundos
pantalla clara

set print precision on screen

The set print precision on screen block sets the precision formatting used for displaying numbers on the brain’s screen. This print precision will apply to all subsequently printed numbers.

Establezca la precisión de impresión en [0.1 v] en la pantalla

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

Example

cuando empezó
[Print 1/3 as 0.33.]
Establezca la precisión de impresión en [0.01 v] en la pantalla
imprimir ([1] / [3]) en la pantalla ◀ y coloque el cursor en la siguiente fila