Trying to solve Exercise 5-8 (p.83) in D. Shiffman book “Learning Processing” Keep getting an error message: "unexpected token: void" Goal: circle starts moving in sketch once the mouse has been pressed. Here is my code: boolean moving = true; int circleX = 0; int circleY = 100; void setup() {…

Hey there, You got your mousePressed as a void statement, but it is inside the draw() function. Take it out of the draw(), and it should work: boolean moving = true; int circleX = 0; int circleY = 100; void setup() { size(200, 200); } void draw() { background(100); stroke(255); fill(0); …

Solving an exercise in Dan Shiffman "Learning Processing"

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debxyz March 6, 2019, 8:51pm 6

Thank you! Being new to coding, this further clarification of the function vs the variable usage is very helpful!! Much appreciated.

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Solving an exercise in Dan Shiffman "Learning Processing"

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