Console

Introduction

Below is a list of all methods:

Actions – Interact with the Console.

• print – Print text to the Console.

• new_line – Move the Console cursor position at the start of the next row down.

• clear – Clear all text from the Console.

Mutators – Change the text color in the Console.

• set_print_color – Set the color text will display in for the Console.

Monitor – Monitor a sensor’s or variable’s value during a project in VEXcode’s Monitor tab.

• monitor_sensor – Add a sensor to the Monitor tab.

• monitor_variable – Add a predefined variable to the Monitor tab.

Actions

print

print prints values in the console using the current cursor position.

Usage:
console.print(value, precision)

Parameters	Description
value	The value to print as a string or a number.
precision	Optional. How many decimals will be printed. Default is 0.

def main():
    # Display a message in the console
    console.print("Hello, robot!")

# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)

def main():
    # Print a number with 5 decimals
    console.print(math.pi, precision = 5)

# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)

new_line

new_line moves the cursor to the start of the row below the current position in the Console.

Usage:
console.new_line()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

def main():
    # Print on two lines
    console.print("Line 1")
    console.new_line()
    console.print("Line 2")

# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)

clear

clear clears all text from the Console.

Usage:
console.clear()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

def main():
    # Clear the console after printing
    console.print("This will disappear...")
    wait(2, SECONDS)
    console.clear()

# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)

Mutators

set_print_color

set_print_color sets the color used when printing text to the Console.

Usage:
set_print_color(color)

Parameters	Description
color	The color to print text with: BLACK BLUE GREEN RED

def main():
    # Print in different colors
    console.print("Default text color")
    console.new_line()
    console.set_print_color(RED)
    console.print("Red text color")

# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)

Monitor

monitor_sensor

monitor_sensor adds a sensor value to be monitored in the Monitor tab of VEXcode.

Usage:
monitor_sensor(“sensor”)

Parameters

Description

sensor

Which sensor to monitor, given as a string: Timer timer.time Drivetrain drivetrain.get_heading drivetrain.get_rotation drivetrain.get_velocity drivetrain.get_yaw drivetrain.get_roll drivetrain.get_pitch drivetrain.get_crashed drivetrain.is_stopped Motor motor.get_position motor.get_velocity motor.get_current motor.is_stopped motor.is_moving Inertial inertial.get_rotation inertial.get_heading inertial.get_yaw inertial.get_roll inertial.get_pitch inertial.get_accelerationX inertial.get_accelerationY inertial.get_accelerationZ Bumper bumper.is_pressed Eye eye.get_color eye.get_hue eye.get_brightness eye.is_object_detected eye.is_color_detected

# Build Used: Super Code Base 2.0
def main():
    # Monitor the rotation in the Monitor tab
    monitor_sensor("drivetrain.get_rotation")
    drivetrain.turn_for(RIGHT, 450)


# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)

monitor_variable

monitor_variable adds a predefined variable to be monitored in the Monitor tab of VEXcode.

Usage:
monitor_variable(“variable”)

Parameters	Description
variable	The name of the predefined variable to monitor, given as a string.

loops = 0

# Build Used: Super Code Base 2.0
def main():
    # Monitor the amount of loops
    global loops
    monitor_variable("loops")
    while loops < 12:
        drivetrain.turn_for(RIGHT, 90)
        drivetrain.drive_for(FORWARD, 150, MM)
        loops += 1


# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)