R/do.R

In Rexamine/TurtleGraphics: Turtle Graphics

##    TurtleGraphics package for R
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#' @title
#' Evaluate a Larger Portion of Turtle Drawing Code
#'
#' @description
#' \code{turtle_do} evaluates an R expression
#' with the Turtle temporarily hidden (for performance reasons).
#'
#' @param expr expression to evaluate
#'
#'
#' @details
#' The terrarium must be initialized prior to using
#' these functions, see \code{\link{turtle_init}}.
#'
#' In order to decrease the evaluation time of \code{expr},
#' it is evaluated with Turtle temporarily hidden.
#' Basically it means that if a Turtle image is visible (see
#' \code{\link{turtle_show}} and \code{\link{turtle_hide}}) \code{turtle_do}
#' removes it, evaluates \code{expr} and redraws it on the function exit.
#'
#' @examples
#' turtle_init()
#' turtle_do({
#'    for (i in 1:4) {
#'       turtle_forward(50)
#'       turtle_right(90)
#'    }
#' })
#'
#' @family TurtleGraphics
#' @rdname turtle_do
#' @export
turtle_do <- function(expr){
   .turtle_check()
   curVisible <- get("visible", envir=.turtle_data)
   if (curVisible)
      turtle_hide()
   eval(substitute(expr), envir = parent.frame())

   if (curVisible)
      turtle_show()

   invisible(NULL)
}