Sinclair QL User Manual

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FILL will turn graphics fill on or off. FILL will fill any non-re-entrant shape drawn with
.the graphics or turtle graphics procedures as the shape IS being drawn. Re-entrant shapes
must be split into smaller non-re-entrant shapes.
When
you have finished filling, FILL 0 should be called.
syntax: switch: ~ numenc_expression [range 0 .. 1]
FILL [channel,] switch
example: FILL 1: LINE 10,10 TO 50,50 TO 30,90 TO 10,10: FILL 0
[will draw a filled triangle]
ii. FILL 1 :CIRCLE 50,50,20:FILL 0
[will draw a lilled circle]
FILL
graphics
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FILL$
string arrays
[will print aaaaa]
[will print
0000000)
FILL$ (string_expression,numeric_expression)
The string expression supplied to FILL$ must be either one or two
characters long.
i. PRINT F ILL$ ("a", 5)
ii. PRINT FILL$("
o
0", 7)
iii. LET a$ = a$ & FILL$(" ", 10)
FILL$ IS a function which will return a string of a specified length filled with a repetition
of one or two characters.
syntax:
example:
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Sinclair QL Specifications

General

Processor	Motorola 68008
Clock Speed	7.5 MHz
RAM	128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
ROM	48 KB
Operating System	Sinclair QDOS
Release Year	1984
Storage	Microdrive tape loop
Graphics	256x256 pixels, 8 colors
Ports	RS-232, ROM cartridge
Sound	Beeper (internal speaker)