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cypher
Odd start with Processing book
Jan 31st, 2008, 5:06pm  

So, I hate to sound like an idiot here, but I've run into a very basic problem. I bought this book, "Processing: Creative Coding and Computational Art." by Ia Greenberg hoping to learn programming and combine it with Arduino and then move on to learning C++. Anyway, I've started the journey and I've already run into a snag.

The book tells me to run a very very basic program

size(400, 400);
background(255);
noStroke();
fill(0);
rect(width/4. height/4, width/2, height/2);

and yet, my tiny little black rectangle isn't coming up. Instead, I get a syntax error that says "maybe missing a parenthesis?" and then expecting RPAREN, found 'height'. Now I copied the program to the letter. So can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
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cypher
Re: Odd start with Processing book
Reply #1 - Jan 31st, 2008, 5:11pm  
hahahaha nevermind. I had a period there. Jumped the gun. Sorry.
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ascorbin
Re: Odd start with Processing book
Reply #2 - Jan 31st, 2008, 5:59pm  
Yeah, sometimes you first have to post your things to the Discourse to see the error.
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mflux
Re: Odd start with Processing book
Reply #3 - Feb 1st, 2008, 12:04pm  
Even though this is a simple example, I find most people discover their own bugs simply by trying to explain it to somebody else. It somehow causes the logic to be run through a different section of your brain when you try to verbalize your own technique.
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