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RectStroke (procedure)

Creates and draws an empty rectangle shape. The colour of the pen used to draw the rectangle can be set using set-

strokecolor.

Syntax

rectstroke( x, y, width, height )

Arguments

x, y

Measure values representing the horizontal/vertical position, in inches, of the starting point.

width, height

Measure values representing the width/height, in inches, of the rectangle shape.

Code Sample Example

This example draws two identical rectangles.

To draw a rectangle that is both stroked and filled, use rectstroke and rectfill in succession.

Example

rectstroke(1,1,2,2) %Draw first rectangle

%Offset starting position slightly to distinguish

%between each rectangle; the second rectangle is blue.

translate(.2,.2)

setstrokecolor([100,100,0,0])

%Draw second rectangle using conventional commands

moveto(1,1) %Reset current point

lineto(3,1) %Draw first line

lineto(3,3) %Draw second line

lineto(1,3) %Draw third line

closepath() %Close shape

stroke() %Draw shape

Stroke (procedure)

Outlines the current shape using the pen colour and width specified with the setstrokecolor and setlinewidth command.

The shape is not filled. To fill and outline the shape, use strokeandfill instead. If you only want to fill the shape, use fill.