# Does Processing have default values for certain alphabets?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/does-processing-have-default-values-for-certain-alphabets/34574>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/does-processing-have-default-values-for-certain-alphabets/34574 "2022-01-11T12:16:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![prathmesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prathmesh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/prathmesh)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/does-processing-have-default-values-for-certain-alphabets/34574/1 "2022-01-11T12:16:05Z")

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Namaste All,

So I wrote the following code :

```auto
void setup(){
}

void draw(){
println(X);
}

```

This gives me a value of 0.  
If I do the same thing with Y it gives a value of 1, with Z a value of 2. Doesn’t work with all the alphabets(I only tried these 3).and this only happens with capital letters. Why is it so??

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/does-processing-have-default-values-for-certain-alphabets/34574/2 "2022-01-11T12:17:47Z")

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[Processing.GitHub.io/processing-javadocs/core/processing/core/PConstants.html](http://Processing.GitHub.io/processing-javadocs/core/processing/core/PConstants.html)

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**Author:** ![JoseMY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josemy/32/2016_2.png) [@JoseMY](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JoseMY)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/does-processing-have-default-values-for-certain-alphabets/34574/3 "2022-01-13T22:39:51Z")

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Didn’t realize these are constants… they are listed in the reference (camera() function, if I remember well), but being one-letter constants, risk of inadvertently overloading them is high