JavaScript: Draw a rectangular shape

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JavaScript Drawing: Exercise-1 with Solution

Draw Rectangle

Write a JavaScript program to draw the following rectangular shape.

Sample output:

Sample Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Draw a rectangular shape</title>
</head>
<body onload="draw();">
<canvas id="canvas" width="150" height="150"></canvas>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function draw() {
  var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
  if (canvas.getContext) {
    var context = canvas.getContext('2d');

    context.fillRect(20,20,100,100);
    context.clearRect(40,40,60,60);
    context.strokeRect(45,45,50,50);
  }
}

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-drawing-exercise-1 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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