Hi everybody, Im trying to use some class method that I create but it is not work cause of the error: The method “method_name” cannot be declared static; static methods can only be declared in a static or top level type. My intention is use the method as used in Java. Full example so everybody unde…

In Processing the sketch code is wrapped up as a top level class so any class declared inside it will be an inner class the easy solution here is to declare the class static like this static class Example { note there is no ‘()’ in a class declaration!

Yeah sorry forgot it there!!! Anyway I tried do that stuff but I get this error: Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method random(float, float) from the type PApplet I see that I have 3 random() functions and when I comment that the error goes to the next one! If I comment out all …

I test it out and it works but currently im unable to use random(). Currently Im trying to work it out. If you know the answer really appreciate it!

This is simply not possible. You can’t call an instance method from a static context - what instance would you be calling the method on?! Unless you pass in the PApplet as an argument. Why do you want this to be static anyway?

Cause I dont know any other method to do that, the previous code was broken due to this and I had to adapt adding more lines! Anyway, if it isn’t still possible I will wait for an update!

Please format your code :blush: It consist on these two steps: In your code editor (PDE, VS code, Eclipse, etc) ensure you execute the beautifier function. This function automatically indents your code. Auto-indenting makes your code easier to read and helps catching bugs due to mismatch parenth…

[image] Deeply-layered nested classes Coding Questions Hello. I’m trying to make nested classes to make some sort of system in my classes. I am working insode Visual Studio Code, where you can hide lines of code. When I try: static class A{ static class B{ c…

[image] Manatee: Anyway, if it isn’t still possible I will wait for an update! Wait for what?! It’s your code that needs to change.

[image] Manatee: … but currently I’m unable to use random(). Docs.Oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html#random()

But my man, using java im able to do what I described above using processing no!

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