invalid left-hand assignment error issue

justinpeake

I'm pretty much using the keyTyped() example from the p5 example and getting an invalid left hand assignment error in console... this line causes it: (even when I use "==" instead of "===")

if (key === 'p' && paused = false){

ideas?

thanks!

GoToLoop

Yup! Pay attention to the &&'s 2nd operand: paused = false.
It's assigning false to variable paused instead of checking whether paused is false! #-o
I believe the following is 1 of the ways of doing what you were expecting: :-B

if (key == 'p' & paused == false) {} :-bd

GoToLoop

A shorter 1: if (key == 'p' & !paused) {} ;)

• https://processing.org/reference/logicalNOT.html
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Logical_Operators#Logical_NOT