PAINT - mkilgore/QB64pe GitHub Wiki

The PAINT statement is used to fill a delimited area in a graphic screen mode with color.

Syntax

PAINT [STEP] (column%, row%), fillColor[,]

Parameters

  • Can use the STEP keyword for relative coordinate placements. See example 1 below.
  • fillColor is an INTEGER or LONG 32-bit value to paint the inside of an object. Colors are limited to the SCREEN mode used.
  • Optional INTEGER or LONG 32-bit borderColor% is the color of the border of the shape to be filled when this is different from the fill color.
  • fillColor can be a string made up of a sequence of CHR$ values, each representing a tiling pattern to fill the shape. See Example 3 below.

Description

  • Graphic column% and row% INTEGER pixel coordinates should be inside of a fully closed "shape", whether it's a rectangle, circle or custom-drawn shape using DRAW.
  • If the coordinates passed to the PAINT statement are on a pixel that matches the border colors, no filling will occur.
  • If the shape's border isn't continuous, the "paint" will "leak".
  • If the shape is not totally closed, every color except the border color may be painted over.
  • DRAW shapes can be filled using the string "P fillColor, borderColor". Use a "B" blind move to offset from the shape's border.

Examples

Example 1: Painting a CIRCLE immediately after it is drawn using STEP(0, 0) to paint from the circle's center point. 

 '' ''
SCREEN (statement) 12
x = 200: y = 200
CIRCLE (x, y), 100, 10
PAINT STEP(0, 0), 2, 10 '' ''
Results: A circle located at x and y with a bright green border filled in dark green. The last coordinate used was the circle's center point and PAINT used it also with the STEP relative coordinates being zero.
Example 2: Routine to check a DRAW string to make sure that the drawn shape is fully closed so that a PAINT does not "leak". 
FOR...NEXT i = 1 TO LEN(drw$)
  tmp$ = UCASE$(MID$(drw$, i, 1))
  check = 1
  SELECT CASE tmp$
    CASE "U": ver = -1: hor = 0
    CASE "D": ver = 1: hor = 0
    CASE "E": ver = -1: hor = 1
    CASE "F": ver = 1: hor = 1
    CASE "G": ver = 1: hor = -1
    CASE "H": ver = -1: hor = -1
    CASE "L": ver = 0: hor = -1
    CASE "R": ver = 0: hor = 1
    CASE ELSE: check = 0
  END SELECT
  IF...THEN check THEN
    snum$ = ""
    FOR...NEXT j = i + 1 TO i + 4 'set for up to 4 digits and spaces
      IF...THEN j > LEN(drw$) THEN EXIT FOR...NEXT
      n$ = MID$(drw$, j, 1)
      num = ASC(n$)
      IF...THEN (num > 47 AND (boolean) num < 58) OR (boolean) num = 32 THEN
        snum$ = snum$ + n$
      ELSE: EXIT FOR...NEXT
      END IF
    NEXT
    vertical = vertical + (ver * VAL(snum$))
    horizont = horizont + (hor * VAL(snum$))
  END IF
  PRINT tmp$, horizont, vertical
  'SLEEP
NEXT
PSET (300, 300): DRAW drw$ '' ''
Explanation: If the DRAW string is fully closed, the end values should each be 0. In the example, the proper result should be 4, 4 as there is a BF4 offset for PAINT which cannot be on a border. The result is 4, 5 because the shape is not completely closed.
Example 3: Tiling using PAINT to create a red brick pattern inside a yellow border: 
DIM Row$(1 TO 8) 
SCREEN 12
 
   'make red-brick wall
    Row$(1) = CHR$(&H0) + CHR$(&H0) + CHR$(&HFE) + CHR$(&HFE)
    Row$(2) = Row$(1)
    Row$(3) = Row$(1)
    Row$(4) = CHR$(&H0) + CHR$(&H0) + CHR$(&H0) + CHR$(&H0)
    Row$(5) = CHR$(&H0) + CHR$(&H0) + CHR$(&HEF) + CHR$(&HEF)
    Row$(6) = Row$(5)
    Row$(7) = Row$(5)
    Row$(8) = Row$(4)
    Tile$ = Row$(1) + Row$(2) + Row$(3) + Row$(4) + Row$(5) + Row$(6) + Row$(7) + Row$(8)
 
    LINE (59, 124)-(581, 336), 14, B 'yellow box border to paint inside
    PAINT (320, 240), Tile$, 14 'paints brick tiles within yellow border

Example 4: Generating a tiling pattern for PAINT from DATA statements: 

ptndata:
DATA "c4444444"
DATA "c4444444"
DATA "cccccccc"
DATA "444c4444"
DATA "444c4444"
DATA "444c4444"
DATA "cccccccc"
DATA "c4444444"
DATA ---

RESTORE ptndata: ptn$ = loadpattern$

SCREEN 7
DRAW "c15l15f10g10r30g10f10l50u80r100m160,100"
PAINT (160, 90), ptn$, 15

FUNCTION loadpattern$
    DIM quad(0 TO 3) AS INTEGER
    res$ = ""
    DO
        READ row$
        IF LEFT$(row$, 3) = "---" THEN EXIT DO
        FOR x = 0 TO 7
            pixel = VAL("&h" + MID$(row$, x + 1, 1))
            FOR bit = 0 TO 3
                IF pixel AND 2 ^ bit THEN
                    quad(bit) = quad(bit) OR (2 ^ (7 - x))
                END IF
            NEXT
        NEXT
        FOR i = 0 TO 3
            res$ = res$ + CHR$(quad(i))
            quad(i) = 0
        NEXT
    LOOP
    loadpattern$ = res$
END FUNCTION
Code provided by collaborator https://github.com/NEONTEC75

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