Console

Introduction

The VEXcode VR Console is displayed in the Monitor window within VEXcode. Console blocks can display text, numbers, and variable values while a project is running.

Below is a list of all available blocks:

• print — Displays text, numbers, or variable values in the Console.

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

• clear all rows — Clears all rows in the Console.

• set print precision — Sets how many decimal places are displayed when printing numbers.

• set print color — Sets the color used for text printed in the Console.

print

The print stack block displays text, numbers, or variable values in the Console at the current row.

If the block is not expanded to include and set cursor to next row, the next printed value will appear immediately after the previous value on the same row.

  print [VEXcode] ▶

Parameters	Description
value	The text, number, or variable value to display in the Console.
expanding arrow	Expands the block to include and set cursor to next row, which moves the cursor to the next row after the value is printed. If this option is not used, the next printed value appears immediately after the previous value on the same row.

Example

  when started :: hat events
  [Display a message in the Console.]
  print [Hello, robot!] ▶

set cursor to next row

The set cursor to next row stack block moves the cursor to column 1 on the next row in the Console. The next value printed will appear on that row.

Use this block when you want the next printed value to start on a new row. If this block is not used, and the previous print block was not expanded to include and set cursor to next row, the next printed value will appear immediately after the previous value on the same row.

    set cursor to next row

Parameters	Description
	This block has no parameters.

Example

When started, prints ‘Row 1’ on the console, moves the cursor to the next row, and then prints ‘Row 2’.

    when started :: hat events
    [Display two lines of text.]
    print [Row 1] ▶
    set cursor to next row
    print [Row 2] ▶

clear all rows

The clear all rows stack block clears all rows from the Console and moves the cursor back to the first row.

    clear all rows

Parameters	Description
	This block has no parameters.

Example

    when started :: hat events
    [Clear the Console after printing.]
    print [This will disappear...] ▶
    wait [2] seconds
    clear all rows

set print precision

The set print precision stack block sets how many decimal places are displayed when numbers are printed in the Console. This setting applies to numbers printed after this block is used. At the start of a project, print precision is set to 1, so numbers print with no decimal places.

    set print precision to [0.1 v]

Parameters	Description
precision	The print precision to use: 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]
    print ([1] [math_division v] [3]) ▶

set print color

The set print color stack block sets the color used for text printed in the Console. At the start of a project, the print color is set to black.

    set print color [black v]

Parameters	Description
color	The color to use for text printed in the Console: black red green blue

Example

  when started :: hat events
  [Print text in different colors.]
  print [Default text color] ▶
  set cursor to next row
  set print color [red v]
  print [Red text color] ▶