This page will teach you some of the basic and advanced commands that you will need to use when you use Logo. You will find what you want to do in the left column, how to do it in the right colum and what it does in the middle column.

Command
What it does
Turtle Command

Forward

Backward

Left

Right

Pen up

Pen down

End

Position

Home

Show turtle

Hide turtle

Clean

Clear graphics

Fill

Freeze background

Unfreeze background

Repeat

Wait

Change page

Set head

Set shape

Set color

Add to color

Set position

 

Moves turtle forward #? steps

Moves turtle backward #? steps

Turtle turns #? Degrees left

Turns turtle #? Degrees right

Turtle picks up his pen

Turtle puts down his pen

marks the end of a procedure

Turtle tells what position it's at

Sends turtle to center

Shows turtle

Hides turtle

Cleans entire page unless something is frozen

Cleans graphics

Fills in closed shape

Freezes background

Unfreezes background

Turtle will repeat the command #? times

Turtle waits for #? Before goes on

Changes page

Sets turtle"s head in #? Degrees

Sets Turtle's shape

Sets Turtle"s color

Adds to turtles color

Sets turtle"s position

 

Fd #?

Bk #?

Lt #?

Rt #?

pu

pd

end

pos

home

st

ht

clean

cg

fill

freezebg

unfreezebg

repeat #?

wait #?

pg #?

seth #?

setsh #?

setc #?

Setc color + #?

setpos [#?] [#?]

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