Console

Introduction

The VEXcode GO Console is displayed in the Monitor window within VEXcode. It allows you to display text, receive input, monitor variables and sensors, and format printed data in real time.

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)

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

# Build Used: Super Code Base 2.0
def main():
    # Monitor the amount of loops
    global loops
    monitor_variable("loops")

    # Drive in a square 3 times
    for loops in range(12):
        drivetrain.turn_for(RIGHT, 90, DEGREES)
        drivetrain.drive_for(FORWARD, 150, MM)


# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)

actions = 0

# Build Used: Super Code Base 2.0
def main():
    # Monitor the amount of loops and actions
    global loops, actions
    monitor_variable("loops", "actions")

    # Drive in a square 3 times
    for loops in range(12):
        drivetrain.turn_for(RIGHT, 90, DEGREES)
        drivetrain.drive_for(FORWARD, 150, MM)
        actions = actions + 2

# Start threads — Do not delete
start_thread(main)