Using color in Draw string

[PhilOfPerth]

I'm adding the DRAW statement to Lesson 5 in the tutorial. I'm currently writing a few example programs to go along with it. This is the first example I made and shows how to use _RGB color to change line colors.

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' Hypno.BAS (you are getting very sleepy)
'
' DRAW statement demo
' by Terry Ritchie 04/05/24
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DIM angle AS INTEGER '     pen angle
DIM length AS INTEGER '    line length
DIM count AS INTEGER '     line counter
DIM Gray AS INTEGER '      gray color level
DIM Direction AS INTEGER ' gray level direction

SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(800, 600, 32) '                                enter a graphics screen
Gray = 0 '                                                      set gray color level
Direction = 1 '                                                 set gray level direction
DO '                                                            begin main program loop
    _LIMIT 10 '                                                 10 times a second should be nice
    angle = 0 '                                                 reset pen angle
    length = 1 '                                                reset line length
    count = 0 '                                                 reset line counter
    DRAW "BM399,299" '                                          move pen to the center of screen
    DO '                                                        begin spiral draw loop
        DRAW "C" + STR$(_RGB(Gray, Gray, Gray)) '               change gray level of line color
        DRAW "TA" + STR$(angle) '                               rotate pen
        DRAW "R" + STR$(length) '                               draw straight line to right at rotated angle
        angle = angle + 15 '                                    increase angle of rotation
        IF angle MOD 180 = 0 THEN length = length + 1 '         increase line length at top and bottom
        IF angle = 360 THEN angle = 0 '                         reset angle when needed
        Gray = Gray + Direction '                               increase/decrease gray color level
        IF Gray = 255 OR Gray = 0 THEN Direction = -Direction ' reverse gray level direction
        count = count + 1 '                                     increment line counter
    LOOP UNTIL count = 1550 '                                   1550 lines should do it
    _DISPLAY '                                                  update the screen with changes
LOOP UNTIL _KEYDOWN(27) '                                       leave when ESC pressed
SYSTEM '                                                        return to the operating system

Wow, nice! But you're right about the "warning!
Yes, that makes things clearer for me. I think you need a simpler demo first though - maybe just a colured empty square or circle, then go on to fill it.