# Resize shapes random
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/resize-shapes-random/29265
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [April 10, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/resize-shapes-random/29265 "2021-04-10T18:33:06Z")
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### Author:  [@Panda](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Panda)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/resize-shapes-random/29265/1 "2021-04-10T18:33:06Z")
Is there a way to randomly resize shapes that are repeating?
I have a simple window full of repeating rect(). Is there a way to throw in a random option, so that each repetition is randomly shrunk or enlarged? (Thus, randomly resized)
My code:
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Timer timer;
void setup() {
size(450, 300);
timer = new Timer(3000);
timer.start();
smooth();
}
void draw(){
if(timer.isFinished()){
background(random(255), random(255),random(255));
timer.start();//restarts timer
fill(10,15,247, 50);//transparecny set purposely to lightly mimic background fill
for (int x = 20; x \< 420; x +=100)
rect( x,50, 70, 30);
for (int x = 20; x \< 420; x +=100)
rect( x, 100, 70, 30);
}
}
//timer class
class Timer {
int savedTime;
int totalTime;
Timer(int tempTotalTime) {//timer started
totalTime = tempTotalTime;//length of timer
}
void start() {
savedTime = millis();//millis makes timer run smoother than sec
}
boolean isFinished() {
int passedTime = millis() - savedTime;
if (passedTime \> totalTime) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
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Would I have to turn the shape into a class to do this?
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### Author:  [@micuat](https://discourse.processing.org/u/micuat)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/resize-shapes-random/29265/2 "2021-04-10T19:59:19Z")
hi! please format your code using `` button!
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