Python Turtle - Turtle Location

Question

I want to make the turtle goto the floor if it is above a set of coordinates:

something like this:

floor = -323

if turtle above floor:
    turtle.goto(floor)

But I don't know how the 'if' statement would work, as you can't simply put 'if turtle above floor' Any help?

Answer 1

Assuming that your "floor" is at y=-323 you could probably do something like this:

floor = -323

if turtle.ycor() > floor:
     turtle.sety(floor)

You retrieve the turtles y coordinate with turtle.ycor(), check if its larger than floor, and if it is set the y coordinate equal to the floor.

Answer 2

I would add the X coordinate of the turtles x, too, just so it doesn't respond with an error.

floor = -323
if turtle.ycor() > floor:
    turtle.goto(turtle.xcor(), floor)