# Help! I'm trying to tessellate a shape with random vertices

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**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-im-trying-to-tessellate-a-shape-with-random-vertices/34093 "2021-12-13T08:19:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-im-trying-to-tessellate-a-shape-with-random-vertices/34093/1 "2021-12-13T08:19:32Z")

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I am able to create a shape and tesselate it (using a for loop) when I have a FIXED number of vertices on the top/bottom and sides.

However when I try using a random number of vertices for top/bottom and sides, when I go to tesselate the shape, the randomness changes every time thus the tessellation fails.

What’s the best way to set this up?

Once I create a shape using randomness, how do i duplicate and move the the shape without the randomness regenerating new numbers?

Thanks