pxt-calliope/docs/reference/basic.md

# Basic

Use basic @boardname@ functions and actions.

```cards
basic.showNumber(0);
basic.showIcon(IconNames.Heart);
basic.showLeds(`
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . # . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
`);
basic.showString("hi!");
basic.clearScreen();
basic.forever(() => {
    
});
basic.pause(100);
basic.showIcon(IconNames.ArrowNorth);
```

## See also

[showNumber](/reference/basic/show-number), 
[showIcon](/reference/basic/show-icon),
[showLeds](/reference/basic/show-leds), [showString](/reference/basic/show-string), 
[clearScreen](/reference/basic/clear-screen), [forever](/reference/basic/forever), [pause](/reference/basic/pause), 
[showAnimation](/reference/basic/show-animation)
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			```cards
			`basic.showNumber(0);`
2.1.28, initiation update to PXT v5.28.24 (#54) 2019-12-02 05:58:26 +01:00			`basic.showIcon(IconNames.Heart);`
namspace docs 2016-04-05 22:23:42 +02:00			basic.showLeds(`
			`. . . . .`
			`. . . . .`
			`. . # . .`
			`. . . . .`
			`. . . . .`
			`);
2.1.28, initiation update to PXT v5.28.24 (#54) 2019-12-02 05:58:26 +01:00			`basic.showString("hi!");`
namspace docs 2016-04-05 22:23:42 +02:00			`basic.clearScreen();`
			`basic.forever(() => {`

			`});`
			`basic.pause(100);`
Map and clean deprecated functions (#175) * add image and deprecated arrow functions * update locales * map basic.showArrow * map arrow blocks * map & remove arrow images * remove arrow blocks * update locales * remove & patch: rgbw -> rgb button/pin pressed -> button/pin event loudness -> soundLevel * update ts mappings for arrows * add wip ts patch rules * update .blocks files * use Click instead of Down as default in Documentation and tests * patch test.blocks * fix lowercase name tag * update test.blocks * update blocks test files * update blocks test files * format block files * pass blocks file tests * fix ts mapping * fix color.defl value closes https://github.com/microsoft/pxt-calliope/issues/136 * fix ts mappings - add optional spacing at the end of rgbw() - map up to v4.0.19 * add suggested changes * replace innerText by textContent Co-authored-by: JW <gitkraken@juriwolf.de> Co-authored-by: Juri <info@juriwolf.de> 2022-04-26 19:28:42 +02:00			`basic.showIcon(IconNames.ArrowNorth);`
namspace docs 2016-04-05 22:23:42 +02:00			```
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2.1.28, initiation update to PXT v5.28.24 (#54) 2019-12-02 05:58:26 +01:00			`[showNumber](/reference/basic/show-number),`
			`[showIcon](/reference/basic/show-icon),`
			`[showLeds](/reference/basic/show-leds), [showString](/reference/basic/show-string),`
fixing links in docs 2016-10-23 08:04:08 +02:00			`[clearScreen](/reference/basic/clear-screen), [forever](/reference/basic/forever), [pause](/reference/basic/pause),`
Updates for V4 (#197) * update yotta defaults for 16kb devices * refactor deprecated blocks * updates for button events * update button events * update refference * update docs * update docs * update button event blocks * update docs * update block id 2022-08-10 18:36:19 +02:00			`[showAnimation](/reference/basic/show-animation)`