Why a= a* -1 doesn't work here?

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Hi, I just made a rectangle which moves along the width and height of the window. I managed to make one but during the process, i encountered a problem that ‘a = a * -1’ can’t work. I couldn’t figure it out the reason.
here is the cold that works.

int x=0;
int y=0;
int xspeed;
int yspeed;

void setup(){
  size(400,400);
}

void draw(){
  background(0);
  
  //display a rect
  fill(255);
  rect(x,y,20,20);
  x = x + xspeed;
  y = y + yspeed;
  
  
  //state changing
  
  if(x == 0 && y == 0){
    xspeed = 1;
    yspeed = 0;
  }else if(x == 380 && y == 0){
    xspeed = 0;
    yspeed = 1;
  }else if(x == 380 && y == 380){
    xspeed = -1;
    yspeed = 0;
  }else if(x == 0 && y == 380){
    xspeed = 0;
    yspeed = -1;
   
  }
}

but if i change int xspeed into int xspeed =1 and xspeed = -1 into xspeed = xspeed * -1, the rectangle would stuck there under that if statement. i don’t understand why it doesn’t work as the xspeed in both codes are equal to -1.
here is the code with this problem.

int x=0;
int y=0;
int xspeed  = 1;
int yspeed;

void setup(){
  size(400,400);
}

void draw(){
  background(0);
  
  //display a rect
  fill(255);
  rect(x,y,20,20);
  x = x + xspeed;
  y = y + yspeed;
  
  
  //state changing
  
  if(x == 0 && y == 0){
    xspeed = 1;
    yspeed = 0;
  }else if(x == 380 && y == 0){
    xspeed = 0;
    yspeed = 1;
  }else if(x == 380 && y == 380){
    xspeed = xspeed *-1;
    yspeed = 0;
  }else if(x == 0 && y == 380){
    xspeed = 0;
    yspeed = -1;
   
  }
}

What’s wrong with a= a*-1 here?

2

0 * -1 = 0

keep that in mind

3

but i already set int xspeed = 1 at the beginning of the code
so it should be xspeed = 1 *-1 = -1, not 0

4

when the square comes to bottom right corner, its x speed is 0, when you tell it *= -1, it will stay at 0

5

ahhh i got it now. it becomes 0 from the last if statement. Thank you so much!

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