Summer24

004_Random_Colors.py
import os
import random

from util import getTurtleAndScreen
# Random Colored Squares
# CAC, 2024

# For this one I determine the size of the screen by first realizing I want
# to break it up into an 8x8 grid of a given size square cell.
cellSize=100
numCols=8
numRows=8
# Compute the overall width and height based on cellSize, numCols, and numRows
width=cellSize*numCols
height = cellSize*numRows

colors = ["red","yellow",(0,255,0),"#FFFFFF",'#0000BB',(127,127,127),"turquoise","#E8205A"]

filename = os.path.basename(__file__)[0:-3]
turtle, screen = getTurtleAndScreen("Random Colored Squares",width,height,filename,moveWorld=True)

screen.bgcolor("gray")

for row in range (0,numRows):
    for col in range(0,numCols):
        # Move to the lower left corner of the cell.
        turtle.penup()
        turtle.goto(col*cellSize,row*cellSize)
        turtle.pendown()

        # Getting random color
        #   Technique 1: Use random choice to get
        #   a random color from the array
        #color = random.choice(colors)
        #turtle.color(color)

        # Technique 2: Get a random index and
        # use it to index into the array.
        colorNumber = random.randint(0,7)
        turtle.color(colors[colorNumber])

        # Draw a square, filled in.
        turtle.begin_fill()
        turtle.setheading(0)
        for i in range(0,4):
            turtle.forward(cellSize)
            turtle.left(90)
        turtle.end_fill()

screen.mainloop()