forgot how to center text

[foo fighter]

i can't remember how to output something in the middle of the screen (centered).

[Albrecd]

code:

Text.Locate (x, y)

The Default screensize in turing is 639x 399y so depending on the size of your text, you would position it accordingly.

[spiderman]

or u could use locate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
u learned this i can't believe u forgot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[[Gandalf]]

spiderman, stop spamming useless posts. If you know him, talk to him using private messages. And by the way, Text.Locate() and locate() are the exact same thing.

[Cervantes]

Albrecd wrote:

code:

Text.Locate (x, y)

The Default screensize in turing is 639x 399y so depending on the size of your text, you would position it accordingly.

Text.Locate, or locate, works on rows and columns. If you want to work in x and y coordinates, you have to use locatexy. Or Text.Locatexy, which I assume exists.

And yes, spiderman, [Gandalf] is right. Cut the spam.

[Geminias]

hmm.. it doesn't matter what screen size it is.

if you write

code:

locate (maxx div 2, maxy div 2) put "BUMBLEBEETUNA"

you guessed it buddy, you're gonna see that crap written write in the center of any screen.

regards,[/code]

[Cervantes]

No, you will NOT see your text centred. You will get an error, because you located off the screen. You have to use locatexy().

To really centre text, you'd also need to know the length function.

code:

var output := "Ali Baba" locate (maxrow div 2, maxcol div 2 - length (output) div 2) put output

Untested

[Geminias]

yeah to really center it, i suppose, but no point in using the length function. you just start off with maxx div 2, look where it is, then start subracting from it until its in the center. Unless you're a turing champion you might want to make a function to work with every string, but if you're like me and plan to learn turing for 3 days and move on then just try the former.

[Mr. T]

Germinias: If your only willing to learn the basics in Turing, then I wouldn't suggest moving on to a different language.

[Vincent1000]

How would I go about centering more than one line of text?

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[Cervantes]

Vincent1000, you'll have to locate before each call of "put".

Geminias: That's a terrible way to get things done. Hardcoding is not a good idea. Why don't we just destroy programming languages all together and go back to building circuits with logic gates?

[Vincent1000]

Ok... so if i wanted to center multiple lines of text i would go

code:

locate (maxrow div 2, maxcol div 2 - length (name) div 2) put "name" locate (maxrow div 2, maxcol div 2 - length (place) div 2) put "place" locate (maxrow div 2, maxcol div 2 - length (time) div 2) put "time"

When I try that it overlaps on the screen

[Cervantes]

And so it should. You located to the exact same spot each time. You have to decrease the row.

Also, do you have variables like this?:

code:

var name := "name" var place := "place" var time := "time"

Because what you passed to the length function doesn't have quotes around it.