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viktor4124 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 1	cloning an object Mar 9th, 2009, 10:19pm   Hey fellows, somehow ;-) i'm not able to clone a simple object </code> void draw() { PVector v1, v2; v1 = new PVector(10, 20); v2 = (PVector) v1.clone(); } </code> "The method clone() from the type Object is not visible." is all Processing is saying to me. Any ideas how to create a duplicate of an object? thx in advance viktor

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: cloning an object Reply #1 - Mar 9th, 2009, 11:52pm   clone isn't magic, it has to be defined (implemented) for a given class. PVector is very simple, it is easier to do: v2 = new PVector(v1.x, v1.y);

eskimoblood Senior Member Offline Posts: 341	Re: cloning an object Reply #2 - Mar 10th, 2009, 4:59pm   or Code: v2 = v1.get();
	Andreas Köberle {eskimoblood}

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: cloning an object Reply #3 - Mar 10th, 2009, 5:35pm   Ah? Indeed! I notice the corresponding reference page has a misleading line: v2 = new PVector(); should be dropped. I would even add something like v1.x = 50.0; after the get to show the two vectors are independent.