turtle.pos() method in Python (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025

The Turtle module provides turtle graphics primitives, in both object-oriented and procedure-oriented ways. Because it uses Tkinter for the underlying graphics, it needs a version of Python installed with Tk support.

turtle.pos()

This method is used to find the turtle's current location (x, y), as a Vec2D-vector. This method has the Aliases: pos | position.

Syntax: turtle.pos() or turtle.position()

Return: turtle's current location in terms of (x, y) coordinate

This function does not require any argument and returns the current position of the turtle in the format (x,y) where x and y represent the 2D vector. The default value is (0.0, 0.0).

Below is the implementation of the above method with some examples :

Example 1 :

Python3 `

import turtle package

import turtle

print the default

position i.e; (0.0, 0.0)

print(turtle.pos())

forward turtle by 150 pixels

turtle.forward(150)

print current position

i.e; (150.0, 0.0)

print(turtle.pos())

forward turtle by 150 pixels

after taking turn right

by 90 degrees

turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(150)

print position (after next move)

i.e; (150.0, -150.0)

print(turtle.pos())

`

Output:

(0.0, 0.0) (150.0, 0.0) (150.0, -150.0)

Example 2:

Python3 `

import turtle package

import turtle

print position (by default)

i.e; (0.0, 0.0)

print(turtle.pos())

turtle move forward

by 40 pixels

turtle.forward(40)

print position (after move)

i.e; (150.0, 0.0)

print(turtle.position())

turtle move forward by 40 pixels

after taking right turn

by 45 degrees

turtle.right(45) turtle.forward(40)

print position

(after next move)

print(turtle.pos())

turtle move forward by 80

pixels after taking left

turn by 90 degrees

turtle.left(90) turtle.forward(80)

print position

(after next move)

print(turtle.pos())

turtle move forward

by 40 pixels after taking

right turn by 90 degrees

turtle.right(90) turtle.forward(40)

print position (after next move)

print(turtle.position())

turtle move forward by

40 pixels after taking

left turn by 45 degrees

turtle.left(45) turtle.forward(40)

print position

(after final move)

print(turtle.pos())

`

Output :

(0.0, 0.0) (40.0, 0.0) (68.2842712475, -28.2842712475) (124.852813742, 28.2842712475) (153.13708499, 0.0) (193.13708499, 0.0)