Copying and spawning object from an array

Processing Beginners
1

so what im trying to do is spawn a ball with some attributes and after 5 seconds i want to create spawn another one of this balls up untill 7 but im not sure how to “add” new ball to the array with the same attributes that i set up in the “setup” section ill include the part of the code:

Ellipse[] ball = new Ellipse[1];
int savedTime;
int timerTime = 5000;
void setup() {for (int i=0; i<ball.length; i++){
    ball[i] = new Ellipse();
    ball[i].radiusX=25;
    ball[i].radiusY=25;
    ball[i].x=width/2-ball[i].radiusX;
    ball[i].y=height/2-ball[i].radiusY;
    ball[i].brush=color(255, 0, 0);
    ball[i].direction=int(random(0,359));
    ball[i].brush = color(255,165,0);
    ball[i].pen = color(0,0,0);
    ball[i].penThickness = 3;
    ball[i].speed=5;
  }
}

void draw() {
int passedTime = millis() - savedTime;
for(int i =0;i<ball.length;i++){
//here im doing some actions on the ball itself i dont think it metters for that question so i wont include it 🙂 
if(passedTime>timerTime){
  ball = new Ellipse[i++];
  savedTime = millis();
  }
ball[i].draw();
}
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Well, one thing is that you need to set aside 7 places in your array. Right now, you have only 1.
Change Ellipse[1] to Ellipse[7].
:nerd_face:

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