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kha YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Simple error but can not resolve, please help!!!!! May 7th, 2010, 9:28am   I get syntax error on the following:    float f1 = (float)(Math.random() * 0.5D + 0.5D);    if (Math.random() < 0.5D) f1 *= -1.0F;    float f2 = (float)(Math.random() * 0.5D + 0.5D); The error reads: Syntax error on token "f", delete this token I am a newbie, please help

yelele_eu Junior Member Offline Posts: 68	Re: Simple error but can not resolve, please help!!!!! Reply #1 - May 7th, 2010, 11:40am   You're not on the right forum subject but why do you add 0.5D ? If you delete all the "D" (for double ?) : it's working.

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Simple error but can not resolve, please help!!!!! Reply #2 - May 7th, 2010, 12:08pm   In Java, D doesn't exist, 0.5 is already a double. And in Processing, F isn't necessary. Here, you can write it simply:   float f1 = random(0.5, 1.0);   if (random(1.0) < 0.5) f1 *= -1.0;   float f2 = random(0.5, 1.0);

willzimm9 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 1	Re: Simple error but can not resolve, please help!!!!! Reply #3 - May 7th, 2010, 3:37pm   Yes in Java D doesn't exist, try the code that PhiLho gave and that should work easily.

kha YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Re: Simple error but can not resolve, please help!!!!! Reply #4 - May 7th, 2010, 5:46pm   Thank you all for replying. Yup, removing the Ds  took care of the error. Regards