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stopfocus Junior Member Offline Posts: 62	Simple syntax question Aug 20th, 2009, 2:31pm   Just coming over to proccesing from learning PHP and I wanted to know if there was a way to make this bit of code valid -------------------------- void setup(){ size(200,200); smooth(); background(0,0,0); String x="ellipse"; x(100,100,20,20); } -------------------------- I just want to replace x with ellipse to call it as a function.

bartk Ex Member	Re: Simple syntax question Reply #1 - Aug 23rd, 2009, 8:44am   I'm not too familiar with Processing (yet), but I do know a bit of Java and in Java this can't be done. Since Processing is written "on top" of Java, this will most likely not be possible. You will need to resort to a succession of if-statements.

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Simple syntax question Reply #2 - Aug 23rd, 2009, 9:07am   @bartk: this message is a duplicate of Simple syntax question (a glitch of YaBB...), so better keep the discussion in one thread.

bartk Ex Member	Re: Simple syntax question Reply #3 - Aug 23rd, 2009, 10:55am   Thanks PhiLho, I'll keep my eye out for duplicates.

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Simple syntax question Reply #4 - Aug 23rd, 2009, 11:57am   No problem, it is hard to track once there are separated (when one is answered).