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polygon by mvolpi 

number = ask "How many sides do you want?"
alert "Ok, " + number + " sides on this polygon"
sides = number.to_i
angles = 360/sides
Turtle.draw do
  background lightblue
  pencolor purple
  sides.times do
    forward 50
    turnright angles
  end
end