whatcolorbackcolor of background function

Syntax   whatcolorback : int

Description   The whatcolorback function is used to determine the current background color. The alternate spelling is whatcolourback.

Example   This program outputs the currently-active background color number. The background color of the message is determined by this number.

        setscreen ("screen")
        …
        put "The background of this writing"
        put  "is in color number ", whatcolorback
Details   The screen should be in a "screen" or "graphics" mode. Beware that the meaning of background color is different in these two modes. See colorback for details.

See also   color and whatcolor.

See also predefined unit Text.