Brodie Matthews

Hii, looking for some advice..If i send in an array, could i dynamically set the coordinates of this rectangle? Im just hacking at this so any advice is appeciated.Im still new to js so graphics is a bit of leaning curve.Thanks

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Hii, looking for some advice..If i send in an array, could i dynamically set the coordinates of this rectangle? Im just hacking at this so any advice is appeciated.Im still new to js so graphics is a bit of  leaning curve.Thanks 

Hii, looking for some advice..If i send in an array, could i dynamically set the coordinates of this rectangle? Im just hacking at this so a

rectangle-coords

Im aiming to run some loops, and sequnce some trails genrally just curious.

Id have to write the array first and generate var values, can i input the array/list through a message?

Yes. I'd probably just store the rect coords as an array outside your paint function and then call mgraphics.redraw(). Set the values using some function like:

// This is a pretty bad function but you should get the idea?

    rect = [ arguments[0], arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3] ]

}Yes. I'd probably just store the rect coords as an array outside your paint function. Set the values using some function like:

FWIW There's an excellent set of 30 example patches for mgraphics usage. I wish this were easier to find on the site: https://cycling74.com/tutorials/november-patch-a-day

Yes.  I'd probably just store the rect coords as an array outside your paint function and then call mgraphics.redraw().  Set the values using some function like:

// This is a pretty bad function but you should get the idea?
function setrect() {
	rect = [ arguments[0], arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3] ]
	mgraphics.redraw()
}Yes.  I'd probably just store the rect coords as an array outside your paint function.  Set the values using some function like:

// This is a pretty bad function but you should get the idea?
function setrect() {
	rect = [ arguments[0], arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3] ]
	mgraphics.redraw()
}


FWIW There's an excellent set of 30 example patches for mgraphics usage.  I wish this were easier to find on the site: https://cycling74.com/tutorials/november-patch-a-day

Yes. I'd probably just store the rect coords as an array outside your paint function. Set the values using some function like:

Yes.  I'd probably just store the rect coords as an array outside your paint function.  Set the values using some function like:

// This is a pretty bad function but you should get the idea?
function setrect() {
	rect = [ arguments[0], arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3] ]
	mgraphics.redraw()
}


FWIW There's an excellent set of 30 example patches for mgraphics usage.  I wish this were easier to find on the site: https://cycling74.com/tutorials/november-patch-a-day

w = setrect[0]; //etc.. and then assign them some how ? like

i thought i had to use list() or anything() so i 

 input a list with a symbol as a function name?

w = setrect[0];      //etc.. and then assign them some how ? like

i thought i had to use list() or anything() so i can input a list with a symbol as a function name?

okeyyy awesome setrect is woriking..always thought anything() was the only way

Thanks Tyler pretty awesome, very basic.be cool to add mouse drag..

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Glad it helped. You mean ondrag()? https://docs.cycling74.com/max8/vignettes/jsuiobject

Glad it helped.  You mean ondrag()?  https://docs.cycling74.com/max8/vignettes/jsuiobject

Yeh im working toward that thanks also thanks for the link to the other references they will be a huge help.

function newcolor(){ setTimeout (setrect, 1000, arguments[0] = random(), arguments[1] = random(), arguments[2] = random() );

function newcolor(){ setTimeout (setrect, 1000, arguments[0] = random(),  arguments[1] = random(), arguments[2] = random() );

I'd start another thread to get better chance of more responses (since setTimeout is tangential to the initial question here). But I don't think it's available in JS in Max and you need to use the Task object. Would love to be proved wrong on that.

I'd start another thread to get better chance of more responses (since setTimeout is tangential to the initial question here).  But I don't think it's available in JS in Max and you need to use the Task object.  Would love to be proved wrong on that.

Task is the way..trying to generate a random int with task?

Task looks good, can i generate new arguments for setrect with task

var tsk = new Task(setrect, Math.random(), Math.random(), Math.random());

var tsk = new Task(setrect, arguments[0] = Math.random());

jsui_timeout1.js


Task looks good, can  i generate new arguments for setrect with task 

function newcolor() {
 var tsk = new Task(setrect, Math.random(), Math.random(), Math.random());
 tsk.schedule(600)
  }

 var tsk = new Task(setrect, arguments[0] = Math.random());


rectangle coords