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endasf YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 17	array references Jul 2nd, 2008, 3:18am   i'm wanting to refer to an array in full; is this possible? something like: int[] f1 = {0,1,2,3}; void draw(){ fill(f1); }
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antiplastik YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 699 France	Re: array references Reply #1 - Jul 2nd, 2008, 9:22am   you cannot use the fill() method with an array : fill is the keyword to change the background color. but you can pass an array as a parameter to any custom method, of course: Code: void myMethod(int[] myArray) { for (int i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) { myArray[i]++; // increase each element of the array } }

fjen God Member Offline Posts: 965

Re: array references Reply #2 - Jul 2nd, 2008, 10:11am   fill is not just for background colors. fill() sets the fill color for any following calls to drawing methods. and, yes you can use array references: Code: int[] f1; void setup () { // add the values in setup, that's what it's for. // this way you make sure they are set when you access them in draw() f1 = {0,1,2,3}; // red, green, blue, alpha } void draw() { fill(f1[0],f1[1],f1[2],f1[3]); // arrays are zero based, 0 is the first index } F

endasf YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 17	Re: array references Reply #3 - Jul 3rd, 2008, 5:14am   thanks so much! e
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