How to draw circles around a pentagon using turtle?-CodePudding

I would like 5 circles, one per side of the pentagon

import turtle

turtleStar = turtle.Turtle()

for s in range(5):
    turtleStar.forward(100)
    turtleStar.right(144)

turtleStar.left(36)
turtleStar.forward(62)

for p in range(4):
    turtleStar.right(72)
    turtleStar.forward(62)

for c in range(5):

    r = 50
    turtleStar.circle(r)
    turtleStar.right(100)

CodePudding user response：

Use one loop, draw the circles as you traverse the pentagon
Do some math or work out on paper what you want the turtle to do (e.g. what's the exterior angle of a pentagon?)
Make sure to read the documentation and make sure the methods you call do what you think they do

This code worked for me:

import turtle
import math

turtleStar = turtle.Turtle()

for s in range(5):
    turtleStar.right(180-54)
    turtleStar.circle(50/math.cos(math.pi*(90-54)/180))
    turtleStar.left(180-54)
    turtleStar.forward(100)
    turtleStar.left(72)

CodePudding user response：

I appreciate everyones help! I got was I looking for below!

import turtle

turtleStar = turtle.Turtle()

for s in range(5):

turtleStar.forward(100)
turtleStar.right(144)

turtleStar.left(36) turtleStar.forward(62)

for p in range(4):

turtleStar.right(72)
turtleStar.forward(62)

for c in range(5):

turtleStar.right(72)
turtleStar.forward(31)
turtleStar.circle(60)
turtleStar.forward(31)