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"""
 Sample use of drawing commands.

 Sample Python/Pygame Programs
 Simpson College Computer Science
 http://programarcadegames.com/
 http://simpson.edu/computer-science/
"""

# Import a library of functions called 'pygame'
import pygame

# Initialize the game engine
pygame.init()

# Define the colors we will use in RGB format
black = (0, 0, 0)
white = (255, 255, 255)
blue = (0, 0, 255)
green = (0, 255, 0)
red = (255, 0, 0)

pi = 3.141592653

# Set the height and width of the screen
size = [400, 300]
screen = pygame.display.set_mode(size)

pygame.display.set_caption("Example code for the draw module")

# Loop until the user clicks the close button.
done = False
clock = pygame.time.Clock()

while not done:

    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            done = True

    # All drawing code happens after the for loop and but
    # inside the main while done==False loop.

    # Clear the screen and set the screen background
    screen.fill(white)

    # Draw on the screen a green line from (0,0) to (50.75)
    # 5 pixels wide.
    pygame.draw.line(screen, green, [0, 0], [50, 30], 5)

    # Draw on the screen a green line from (0,0) to (50.75)
    # 5 pixels wide.
    pygame.draw.lines(screen, black, False, [[0, 80], [50, 90], [200, 80], [220, 30]], 5)

    # Draw on the screen a green line from (0,0) to (50.75)
    # 5 pixels wide.
    pygame.draw.aaline(screen, green, [0, 50], [50, 80], True)

    # Draw a rectangle outline
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, black, [75, 10, 50, 20], 2)

    # Draw a solid rectangle
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, black, [150, 10, 50, 20])

    # Draw an ellipse outline, using a rectangle as the outside boundaries
    pygame.draw.ellipse(screen, red, [225, 10, 50, 20], 2)

    # Draw an solid ellipse, using a rectangle as the outside boundaries
    pygame.draw.ellipse(screen, red, [300, 10, 50, 20])

    # This draws a triangle using the polygon command
    pygame.draw.polygon(screen, black, [[100, 100], [0, 200], [200, 200]], 5)

    # Draw an arc as part of an ellipse.
    # Use radians to determine what angle to draw.
    pygame.draw.arc(screen, black, [210, 75, 150, 125],  0, pi / 2, 2)
    pygame.draw.arc(screen, green, [210, 75, 150, 125],  pi / 2, pi, 2)
    pygame.draw.arc(screen, blue,  [210, 75, 150, 125],  pi, 3 * pi / 2, 2)
    pygame.draw.arc(screen, red,   [210, 75, 150, 125], 3 * pi / 2, 2 * pi, 2)

    # Draw a circle
    pygame.draw.circle(screen, blue, [60, 250], 40)

    # Go ahead and update the screen with what we've drawn.
    # This MUST happen after all the other drawing commands.
    pygame.display.flip()

    # This limits the while loop to a max of 10 times per second.
    # Leave this out and we will use all CPU we can.
    clock.tick(60)

# Be IDLE friendly
pygame.quit()