Draw a pentagon using vertex arrays?

[Baker]

The rectangle way goes like this:

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   const int VertCount = 4; // Rectangle
   
   const GLfloat Vertex2f [] =
   {
      drawRect.x1, y1,
      drawRect.x2, y1,
      drawRect.x2, y2,
      drawRect.x1, y2,
   };
   
   const GLfloat TexCoord2f[] =
   {
      drawRect.left,  drawRect.top,      // Top
      drawRect.right, drawRect.top,      // Right
      drawRect.right, drawRect.bottom,   // Bottom
      drawRect.left,  drawRect.bottom,   // Left
   };

   glEnable              (GL_TEXTURE_2D);
   glBindTexture         (GL_TEXTURE_2D, TexSlot);
   
   // size (Specifies  the  number  of  coordinates per array element), type (GL_FLOAT, etc), stride, pointer
   glTexCoordPointer      (2, GL_FLOAT, 0, TexCoord2f);
   glEnableClientState      (GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);   
   
   glVertexPointer         (2, GL_FLOAT, 0, Vertex2f);
   glEnableClientState      (GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
   
   glDrawArrays         (GL_TRIANGLE_FAN, 0, VertCount);   // First, count
   
   glDisableClientState   (GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
   glEnableClientState      (GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);

But I'm not seeing this work for, say, a pentagon or octagon. For a rectangle, conveniently a set of 4 verts you can take the first 3 and draw a triangle and then the last 3 and draw a triangle. On paper, I'm not seeing this work for a pentagon.

Thoughts?

And if not, I'm sure I'll eventually self-solve and post answer.

[Baker]

Nevermind. ^^ Triangle fan.

[frag.machine]

Nevermind. ^^ Triangle fan.

Shouldn't be a triangle strip ?

[mh]

Fan or strip can do it. GL_TRIANGLES with indexes is better though.

[Baker]

Shouldn't be a triangle strip ?

A triangle fan let's me essentially use an existing array of vertices to draw a convex polygon. Vert 1, 2, 3, 4 5 = done

A trianglestrip was what I was thinking I was using, and was thinking in those terms.

Fan or strip can do it. GL_TRIANGLES with indexes is better though.

I'm doing some elementary things with simple shapes. Just want to give it literally 5 verts for a 2D polygon for a pentagram or 8 for an octagon. My little geometry thread at QuakeOne has taken me to somewhere interesting and I'm working on 2D representation of these ideas.

[And geometry applies to image manipulation and on-screen controls and the user interface ... ]