Help with some Python coding

Well see today's HW was to draw our initials using turtle graphics. Of course I typed in each direction line by line and it comes out. The code is like so

<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'>from turtle import*
pendown()
right(90)
forward(100)
backward(50)
left(90)
right(90)
forward(100)
backward(150)
right(90)
forward(40)
forward(10)
right(90)
penup()

left(360)
pendown()
forward(100)
right(90)
forward(100)
backward(100)
right(90)
forward(30)
right(90)
left(180)
forward(100)
backward(100)
pendown()
forward(60)
forward(50)
right(90)
left(180)
forward(80)
right(90)
left(180)
forward(120)
right(270)
forward(100)
backward(20)
right(270)
forward(70)
right(270)
forward(85)</div>But the problem is that I can't get them to draw the letters correctly after defining them in the program. I know that the command to repeat the drawing , but the way I defined it is out of wack. Code's on the bottom). Anyone know a solution?

<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'>def initialA(size):
pendown()
right(90)
forward(100)
backward(50)
left(90)
right(90)
forward(100)
backward(150)
right(90)
forward(40)
forward(10)
right(90)
penup()

def initialB(size):
left(360)
pendown()
forward(100)
right(90)
forward(100)
backward(100)
right(90)
forward(30)
right(90)
left(180)
forward(100)
backward(100)
pendown()
forward(60)
forward(50)
right(90)
left(180)
forward(80)
right(90)
left(180)
forward(120)
right(270)
forward(100)
backward(20)
right(270)
forward(70)
right(270)
forward(85)
</div>

 

@Electro - Probably the pen commands are causing it now that I think about it. I wasn't aware of the turtle.write function. Looks like the TA didn't go over that in class. Gonna try that out.

@FraGag I assumed if I left it at 0 then it start somewhere. But still, can't get it to draw in different spots.

Well edit later to see if it works. And I have another question but I'll post later.

 

Alrighty got it working, it took me a while. Thanks for that one.

Now then, my second question has to to do with if/else statements. I got the first part of it done but the next part is throwing me off..am I suppose to have two integers or one? Here's how I started it off:

<div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'>g = input("Input first digit of your birthday: ")
day = int(g)</div>

If the birth day has one digit, the lucky day is that digit times 3.

If the birth day has two digits and they are equal, the lucky day is the product of
the two digit

If the birth day has two digits and they are not equal, the lucky day is the sum of
the two digit

How do I code that and get it to display the result?

 

Wow, thanks a million Overlord. I knew those % signs would have to been used somehow. Let's see the elif statement I never seen in class but I'm going to read up on some more on the web because the book doesn't seem to have the information,at all. (I think)

About that turtle.write function, had it working until my comp shut off suddenly. I just need to write the letters AB 3 times side by side. (Please excuse my asking since I still new to it and my teacher doesn't really explain the work)

 

lol Well, those commands were like to move the turtle around but I guess it didn't work with the lines. Now I can get it working with a square easily since all it takes are rights and forwards, and then defining it. However the letters part is completely weird as you just read the code. Any simpler way to write the letters? You can ignore the code, and I can figure out what you did.

And those comments in the lucky day code, it's a BIG help. But I wonder why there were no examples using the elif statement in the lecture..