genius...@gmail.com Wrote in message: > Hi > can anyone help finding the angle to draw different polygons shapes > > in this example > > import turtle > wm = turtle.Screen() > alex = turtle.Turtle() > for i in range(5): > alex.left(216) > alex.forward(50) > wm.exitonclick() > > Why do we use 216 >
216 degrees doesn't seem to me that it would make a polygon, but rather a star. I can tell you what I remember about geometry, however. To make a regular polygon, you need to turn by a fixed amount and go a fixed distance each time. For an equilateral triangle, you turn 120 degrees. For a square, 90. For a pentagon, 108. 180 - (360/n) degrees. -- DaveA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
