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baseballgirl292 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	moving an object left to right without input Apr 17th, 2010, 8:50am   Hey, i'm trying to make this image move left to right. i can't figure a way to do it. heres the code: size(400,450); background(204); smooth(); //ghost// stroke(0); fill(255); ellipse(200,200,100,200); fill(0); ellipse(215,150,20,50); ellipse(185,150,20,50); ellipse(200,220,40,50); thanks in advance.

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: moving an object left to right without input Reply #1 - Apr 17th, 2010, 9:59am   Put your drawing code in draw(), starting with a background() call. Keep size() and smooth() in setup(). Have a global variable, eg. called 'position'. On each draw() call, increment this position and use it in all drawing calls (x position): ellipse(position + 180, 150, 20, 50); and so on.

baseballgirl292 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: moving an object left to right without input Reply #2 - Apr 17th, 2010, 6:21pm   when you mean global you make a new function or to put it before the setup.

baseballgirl292 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: moving an object left to right without input Reply #3 - Apr 17th, 2010, 8:21pm   how do u repeat it?

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: moving an object left to right without input Reply #4 - Apr 18th, 2010, 11:19am   Global means "outside of a function or class", so yes, before setup() is fine (and traditional). And draw() is called repeatedly, it provides the main loop of the sketches.

baseballgirl292 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 6	Re: moving an object left to right without input Reply #5 - Apr 19th, 2010, 10:47am   thank you for your help.