speed

Category:Turtle

speed(value)

Category: Turtle

Sets the speed for the app's execution, which includes the turtle's speed.

Slowing down the speed of the turtle while drawing allows us to see the execution of each command more easily.

Examples

// Draw a line slowly.
speed(1);
moveForward();

Example: Different Speeds Draw a square with the turtle moving at increasingly faster speeds (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100).

// Draw a square with the turtle moving at increasingly faster speeds
// (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100).
textLabel("speed", "speed: 10");
for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
  for (var j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
    setText("speed", "speed: " + i * 10);
    speed(i*10);
    moveForward(100);
    turnRight(90);
  }
}

Syntax

speed(value);

Parameters

Name	Type	Required?	Description
value	number	Yes	The speed of the app's execution in the range of (0-100)

Returns

No return value. Alters execution speed only.

Tips

The app execution speed can also be set by the tortoise-to-hare slider bar at the top of the Debug Console. Using speed() in code is useful if you want your app to run at a specific speed. The tortoise-to-hare slider bar is not part of your program, but lets you set the execution speed in order to debug an app.

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