Question

I was wondering how i could change the following code so that the circles forming the petals are stored in an array. so i could use it in another function.

   void setup() {
     size(400, 400);
     smooth();
     noStroke();
  // frameRate(15);
  }

  void draw() {
    String[] circles = new String[5];
    int c1 = 0;
    int c2 = -40;
    int c3 = 50;
    int c4 = 50;
   // set centre point
    translate(width/2, height/2);
    fill(#c6ff89); // green
    for (int i = 0; i < circles.length; i++) {
      ellipse(c1, c2, c3, c4);
       rotate(radians(72));

    }
   // centre circle
   fill(#fff9bb); // light yellow
   ellipse(0, 0, 50, 50);
  }

Could anyone also explain to me how to change this to a more object oriented form? This is in Processing.

Answer 1

Assuming your ellipse is returning Eclipse Object and you want to create 5 circles, create an arrays as class variable as private Eclipse[] myCircles = new Eclipse[5]; and then change your for loop as below:

for (int i = 0; i < circles.length; i++) {
   Eclipse cicrle = ellipse(c1, c2, c3, c4);
   rotate(radians(72));
   myCircles[i] = cicrle;
}

Please Note: Change the Object class name and array size as per your program.