POINT

A function which returns a number giving the colour of the screen at the coordinates specified. There must not be a space between POINT and the opening bracket.

colour=POINT(X,Y)
IF POINT(X,Y)>7 THEN 300

You can use POINT to find out the colour of the screen at the specified point and take action accordingly. It will return one of the following values:

ValueMeaning
0 The pixel is black.
15 The pixel is white.
-1 The specified point was outside the screen.

The coordinates passed are absolute and can read anywhere on the screen (including outside the graphics viewport).

Syntax

<n-var>=POINT(<numeric>,<numeric>)

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