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@davidhurwich

Why is it that functions do not work outside of setup() or draw()?

When can you use cos and sin outside of setup or draw

I’ve changed your post to the p5.js forum category then. p5js is a diff. flavor beast. Indeed, none of its API is available until either it finds out that setup() or draw() is in the global context (window) or we manually instantiate class p5: new p5; new p5; // prematurely instantiate class p5. ;-) const SQRT_3 = sqrt(3); // we can access p5's sqrt() method outside functions! function setup() { print(SQRT_3); } For cos() & sin() and similar, we …