Hi, When I run this code in a sketch: println(this); I see this in the console: sketch_221111b@31393958 What datatype or class does this belong to? I’m trying to write a function that accepts this as an argument, but I got stuck trying to figure out what type the parameter should be. Thank you

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I’m trying to write a function that accepts this as an argument, but I got stuck trying to figure out what type the parameter should be. After following the link shared above (marked as solution), I learned that that type of such an argument should be PApplet. Thanks for your help.

[image] grough: , I learned that that type of such an argument should be PApplet. PApplet is the super datatype. But the actual datatype is the name of the 1st tab w/o the extension “.pde”.

And inside a class it’s the class

What type is `this` in a sketch?

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Chrisir November 12, 2022, 1:03am 3

Yes.

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