how to move ball diagonally

[rcmp1234]

Hey guys, im trying to write a program. It is a simple program but I'm a newbie in Turing. Anyways, I am supposed to draw an oval at the bottom left of the window. it is supposed to move from the bottom to the top then back down. Once it gets to the bottom it has to move diagonally to the top right corner of the window. Then, it has to drop vretically to the bottom of the window again (top right corner)

I'm not sure how to move it diagonally...but heres what I got so far...please help

Thanks

Turing:

for y : 1 .. maxy - 10     drawoval (10, y, 10, 10, black)     delay (2)     cls end for for decreasing y : maxy - 10 .. 1     drawoval (10, y, 10, 10, black)     delay (2)     cls end for for y : 1 .. maxy - 10     drawoval (y, y, 10, 10, black)     delay (2)     cls end for

[BigBear]

This is good I am guessing you are asking how do I put the circle in the top. Well you have the idea to move diagonaly you can easily change the size of the run window. By adding this to the beggining of the code.

Turing:

setscreen ("graphics:500, 500")

Also to remove the flashing o the circle adding offscreenonly to that same line

Turing:

setscreen ("graphics:500, 500, offscreenonly")

And adding View.Update after you drawoval

Turing:

setscreen ("graphics:500, 500, offscreenonly") for y : 1 .. maxy - 10     drawoval (10, y, 10, 10, black)     View.Update     cls end for for decreasing y : maxy - 10 .. 1     drawoval (10, y, 10, 10, black)     View.Update     cls end for for y : 1 .. maxy - 10     drawoval (y, y, 10, 10, black)     View.Update     cls end for

[Nick]

rcmp, you wouldn't happen to have Mr. Holmes as a teacher, I had the exact same assignment last year :S

[rcmp1234]

Thanks Big Bear, that did the trick!
and no, nick my teacher is not Mr. Holmes...lol

[Nick]

an assignment as weird as that would be given out by anyone other than him, guess I was wrong

[BigBear]

Or this teacher has changed his identity. eh Nick it is a possibility?

[Nick]

no I got the same teacher this year

[BigBear]

Umm ok but I meant because you changed your identity to protect your nemesis from finding you.

[A.J]

if u want to learn more about movement in particular directions, try looking at examples of programs that uses them, like this one:

Turing:

View.Set ("offscreenonly") var x := maxx div 2 var y := maxy div 2 var r := 5 var keys : array char of boolean loop     Input.KeyDown (keys)     if keys (KEY_UP_ARROW) then         y += 1     end if     if keys (KEY_DOWN_ARROW) then         y -= 1     end if     if keys (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then         x -= 1     end if     if keys (KEY_RIGHT_ARROW) then         x += 1     end if     if keys ('w') then         r += 1     end if     if keys ('q') then         r -= 1     end if     if keys (chr (32)) then         cls     end if     var c := Rand.Int (1, 255)     if keys ('d') then         drawoval (x, y, r, r, white)     elsif keys ('a') then         drawfilloval (x, y, r, r, c)     else         drawoval (x, y, r, r, c)     end if     View.Update     delay (5) end loop