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NetLogo Dictionary Interface Guide Interface Tab Guide Info Tab Guide Code Tab Guide Programming Guide Transition Guide Preferences Guide Version History
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primitive: setxy
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setxy 1.0

setxy x y

Turtle Command

The turtle sets its x-coordinate to x and its y-coordinate to y.

Equivalent to set xcor x set ycor y, except it happens in one time step instead of two.

If x or y is outside the world, NetLogo will throw a runtime error, unless wrapping is turned on in the relevant dimensions. For example, with wrapping turned on in both dimensions and the default world size where min-pxcor = -16, max-pxcor = 16, min-pycor = -16 and max-pycor = 16, asking a turtle to setxy 17 17 will move it to the center of patch (-16, -16).

setxy 0 0
;; turtle moves to the middle of the center patch
setxy random-xcor random-ycor
;; turtle moves to a random point
setxy random-pxcor random-pycor
;; turtle moves to the center of a random patch

See also move-to.

Take me to the full NetLogo Dictionary.

NetLogo Dictionary: setup-plots

Documentation for the setup-plots primitive.

NetLogo 3D Dictionary: setxyz

Documentation for the setxyz primitive.


NetLogo is a programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social phenomena. It was authored by Uri Wilensky in 1999 and has been in continuous development ever since at the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling.

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