Help "Function calculation sum"

MirielLind

I am trying to make a program that sums the individual elements of an array of 10 numbers. In order to calculate the sum I must create a function "Sum function" that returns the value corresponding to the sum of the elements of an array.Then print the entire array on the screen, and the sum. But I don't understand how to use the return function in this specific exercise. Can someone help me to understand and create the function sum? Thank you a lot.

void setup()
{
  size(400, 400);
  background(#0047b3);
  noLoop();
}

void draw()
{
  int[] numbers={14, 7, 90, 5, 8, 42, 128, 64, 12, 3};
  for (int i=0; i<numebers.length; i++)
  {
    print(numeri[i]+", ");
  }
  println();
  println("Sum = "+sum(numbers));
}

Chrisir

int sum( int... arr1) {

for.....

iirc

koogs

I must create a function

then create a function. currently everything is within draw() which isn't what you want.

move the calculation to another method. see reference for return for an example.

https://processing.org/reference/return.html

(in fact, look at the second example there, it's passing in an array)

MirielLind

Hi Chris, thank you for your help but I am sorry I don't understand. Do you mean something like

int sum(int...arr1) { for (int i =0; i<f.length; i++ ) { ? }

and then?

ps. Thank you Koogs, I read the reference but it didn't help me. Maybe I am confused.

Chrisir

Do you know what a function is?

setup and draw are functions.

Like a function in math.

The receive some value and return a value.

In your case array goes in and int comes out.

Anyway.

int sum above is the name of the function sum and what it returns

int sum (int[] array1) {

int returnValue;

for loop like yours above but with array1.length ) {

returnValue=......

}

} // function

MirielLind

Thank you a lot. I finished my exercise:

void setup()
{
  size(400, 400);
  background(#0047b3);
  noLoop();
}

void draw()
{
  int[] numbers={14, 7, 90, 5, 8, 42, 128, 64, 12, 3};
  for (int i=0; i<numbers.length; i++)
  {
    print(numbers[i]+", ");
  }
  println();
  println("Sum = "+sum(numbers));
  println();
  int[] variable={2,4,6,8};
  for (int i=0; i<variable.length; i++)
  {
    print(variable[i]+", ");
  }
  println();
  println("Sum = "+sum(variable)); 
}

int sum(int[] array)                                          
{                                                               

  int sum=0;                                                    
  for (int i=0; i<array.length; i++)                           
  {
    sum += array[i];
  }
  return sum;                                                   
}

GoToLoop

void setup() {
  println(sum(14, 7, 90, 5, 8, 42, 128, 64, 12, 3)); // 373
  exit();
}

@SafeVarargs static final int sum(final int... vals) {
  if (vals == null)  return 0;
  int sum = 0;
  for (final int val : vals)  sum += val;
  return sum;
}

Chrisir

well done, MirielLind

;-)

MirielLind

Thank you a lot Chris. Thanks a lot for all the help from the forum. ;)