Print Console#
Print Console commands are only available when using VEXcode IQ (2nd gen). If you are coding in VS Code, you will need to print to the V5’s Brain Screen using brain.screen commands.
All new projects begin with the cursor at row 1 in the Print Console.
Commands#
Print to the Print Console#
The print(text, end) method prints text on the screen using the current cursor position.
Parameters |
Description |
|---|---|
text |
The string (in quotations) or integers to print to the Print Console. |
end |
Whether or not to go to the Print Console’s next line. By default this is empty. |
Format#
Values being printed to the Print Console can use the Python format method.
Some commonly used formatting types are:
d - Decimal Integer
f - Floating Point Number
o - Octal Integer
s - String
In order to use a formatting type, put the desired formatting type in curly brackets ({}), starting with a colon (:) followed by .format.
This example will print the number 3.140000.
print("{:f}".format(3.14))
You can also include a number to specify how many decimal places you want to be printed. Do so by including a . and the number of decimal places before your formatting type.
This example will print the number 3.14.
print("{:.2f}".format(3.14))
You can also include sensors with the format method to change how many decimals are returned when the sensor’s value is reported.
print("{:.2f}".format(brain.timer.time(SECONDS)))
New Lines#
By default, Python will add a new line after each print command. To print multiple values to the same line, use the end parameter.
In this example, the text from both print commands will be printed on the same line.
print("This text will be ", end="")
print("printed on the same line")
Different Colors#
You can change what color the text will be when printing to the Print Console by using the following color codes:
[31m- Red[32m- Green[34m- Blue[30m- Black[37m- White[33m- Yellow[91m- Orange[35m- Purple[36m- Cyan[97m- Transparent
All color codes need to follow an escape sequence = \033 in order to function.
You can either use this directly in a print command with a string.
# Print VEXcode in Red to the Print Console.
print("\033[31mVEXcode")
Or, you can use it on its own to set all print commands afterwards to the set color.
# Set the Print Console text color to Red before printing VEXcode.
print("\033[31m")
print("VEXcode")
Returns: None.
Clear the Print Console#
By using \033[2J inside of the print command, you can clear the entire Print Console. This will also set the cursor back to row 1.
The example below will print “VEXcode” and then clear the Print Console after 2 seconds.
print("VEXcode")
wait(2, SECONDS)
print("\033[2J")