Rect

     Look, you may know how to draw circles, but that's not all you can draw in Python. You can also draw square shapes, A.K.A. rectangles. Of course, there is a function for this. This function is called rect (short for rectangle, of course). You define the rect by the area, starting from the top-left corner, in this order: left, top, width, height. This list defines the location and and size. Something like this: rect1=Rect(250, 150, 300, 200). 250 pixels to the right (starting from the top-left of the screen), 150 down, and the size is 300x200 pixels. Take the program that draws the circle and replace line 6 (I'm counting the blank line, so you should be on the line that actually draws the circle) with the code that I stated that draws the rectangle. The program should look like this.

import pygame, sys

pygame.init()

screen=pygame.display.set_mode([640, 480])

screen.fill([255, 255, 255])

pygame.draw.rect(screen, [255, 0, 0], [250, 150, 300, 200] 0)

pygame.display.flip()

while True:

    for event in pygame.event.get():

        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:

            sys.exit()

     And when you run it, you get a blank screen with a big, red block slapped on.

     Ta-da! That's how you make a rectangle. Hey, I might as well give you the steps to making a rectangle like what I did for doing a shape in general, in case you forget something or the order. Here is the list:

Location - Left-Right

This is the distance the rectangle will be from the left side of the screen.

Location - Top-Bottom

This is the distance the rectangle will be from the top of the screen.

Size - Width

How wide the rectangle will be.

Size - Height

How tall the rectangle will be.

     That's the end of this little bit on rectangles. Until next time!