# Error - Missing “)”

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/error-missing/39841>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/error-missing/39841 "2022-11-23T19:44:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Imerso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Imerso](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Imerso)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/error-missing/39841/1 "2022-11-23T19:44:50Z")

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Hello. I am newbie in programming. I’m trying to learn to use it in my work in photography and visual arts. I’m trying to run a code but it always gives Error - Missing “)” in the parts that I’ll put below and I don’t know how to fix it.  
Thanks a lot if anyone can answer me.

float ratio = renderWidth / (float)renderHeight;  
if (ratio \> 1) {  
outWidth = 1024;

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/error-missing/39841/2 "2022-11-23T19:52:05Z")

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> [@Imerso](#):
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> outWidth = 1024;

After this you need a }

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**Author:** ![Imerso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Imerso](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Imerso)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/error-missing/39841/4 "2022-11-23T20:20:07Z")

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Hi! Thanks a lot for the answer, but unfortunately it didn’t work ☹

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**Author:** ![mnse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/mnse/32/16520_2.png) [@mnse](https://discourse.processing.org/u/mnse)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/error-missing/39841/5 "2022-11-23T20:21:19Z")

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What error came up? Maybe provide the full code so we can check …

Cheers  
— mnse

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**Author:** ![Imerso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Imerso](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Imerso)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/error-missing/39841/7 "2022-11-23T20:56:48Z")

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I’m trying to render the result I got after applying a generative code on a photograph. I would like to get a jpg or png image with good quality and this is the code I am trying to use:

int outWidth, outHeight;

float ratio = renderWidth / (float)renderHeight;  
if (ratio \> 1) {  
outWidth = 1024;  
outHeight = (int)(outWidth / ratio);  
} else {  
outHeight = 1024;  
outWidth = (int)(outHeight \* ratio);  
}

background(192);  
image(render,  
(1024 - outWidth) / 2, (1024 - outHeight) / 2,  
outWidth, outHeight);

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/error-missing/39841/8 "2022-11-23T21:00:06Z")

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> [@Imerso](#):
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> render

Do you load and declare the image?

This works:

```auto

PImage render=loadImage("c1.jpg"); 

int renderWidth=0, renderHeight=0; 
int outWidth, outHeight;

float ratio = renderWidth / (float)renderHeight;
if (ratio > 1) {
  outWidth = 1024;
  outHeight = (int)(outWidth / ratio);
} else {
  outHeight = 1024;
  outWidth = (int)(outHeight * ratio);
}

background(192);
image(render, 
  (1024 - outWidth) / 2, (1024 - outHeight) / 2, 
  outWidth, outHeight);
//

```