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Loops
Initialize
Executes once when loop begins

Evaluation
loop will be executed if test evaluates to true

Update
is executed at the end of each iteration

false
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {

Iterations

true

i++

// these commands will be

executed until condition is
false

Console output
iteration: 0
iteration: 1

println(iteration: + i);

iteration: 2
[...]
iteration: 99

continue code

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Functions
Name
function Name, lowercase

void drawCircle() {

// these commands will be executed

when function drawCircle is
called.
ellipse (width/2, height/2, 100, 100);
}

// anywhere in the code, call function

drawCircle();

continue code

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Functions with arguments / parameters

Name
function Name, lowercase

Parameter list
declaration of variables separated by comma

position parameters are passed to function:

iteration 1: (100,100), iteration 2: (200,200), etc.

void drawCircle(int x, int y) {

// Parameters are only accessible

within the function itself!
ellipse (x, y, 100, 100);
}

// draw circles
for (int i = 100; i < 800; i+=100) {
drawCircle (i, i);
}
continue code

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Functions with a return value

return Type
a variable type

Parameter list
declaration of variables separated by comma

position parameters are passed to function:

iteration 1: (100,100), iteration 2: (200,200), etc.

int drawCircle(int x, int y) {

// Parameters are only accessible

within the function itself!
int rad = int(random(200));
ellipse (x, y, 2 * rad, 2 * rad);
return rad;
}
Console output
Circle 0 - radius 185

// draw circles
int radius;
for (int i = 100; i < 800; i+=100) {
radius = drawCircle (i, i);
println (Circle + i + - radius + radius);
}

Circle 1 - radius 15
Circle 2 - radius 23
Circle 3 - radius 76
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Variable
Scope

global variabels
are defined at the beginning
of the code, outside any curly
brackets
are accessible anywhere

// global variable declaration

int number = 40;
int maxRadius;
void drawCircle (int x, int y) {

local variabels

//local variabel declaration

int rad = int(random(maxRadius));

are defined within a code

ellipse(x, y, rad*2, rad*2);

println (number);
println (posY);
println (i);

block (within curly brackets)

are only accessible within
their own code block

void setup () {

size (800,600);
smooth();
noFill();
maxRadius = 300;

for (int i = 0; i < number; i++) {

int posX = int(random(width));

int posY = int(random(height));

drawCircle(posX, posY);

println (iteration + i);

}




}

println (i);
println (rad);
println (x);
println (maxRadius);

code blocks can be

functions
loops
conditions
[...]