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Name | ### draw()
Examples |
    float yPos = 0.0;

    void setup() {  // setup() runs once
      size(200, 200);
      frameRate(30);
    }

    void draw() {  // draw() loops forever, until stopped
      background(204);
      yPos = yPos - 1.0;
      if (yPos < 0) {
        yPos = height;
      }
      line(0, yPos, width, yPos);
    }
    void setup() {
      size(200, 200);
    }

    // Although empty here, draw() is needed so
    // the sketch can process user input events
    // (mouse presses in this case).
    void draw() { }

    void mousePressed() {
      line(mouseX, 10, mouseX, 90);
    }
Description | Called directly after setup(), the draw() function continuously executes the lines of code contained inside its block until the program is stopped or noLoop() is called. draw() is called automatically and should never be called explicitly. It should always be controlled with noLoop(), redraw() and loop(). After noLoop() stops the code in draw() from executing, redraw() causes the code inside draw() to execute once, and loop() will cause the code inside draw() to resume executing continuously. The number of times draw() executes in each second may be controlled with the frameRate() function. There can only be one draw() function for each sketch, and draw() must exist if you want the code to run continuously, or to process events such as mousePressed(). Sometimes, you might have an empty call to draw() in your program, as shown in the above example.
Syntax |
    draw()
Returns | void
Related | setup() loop() noLoop() redraw() frameRate

Updated on October 26, 2013 08:58:29pm PDT