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graphic-processing-learning-17-example-17-3-example-17-3.pde / pde
// Learning Processing
// Daniel Shiffman
// http://www.learningprocessing.com
// Example 17-3: Scrolling headlines
// An array of news headlines
String[] headlines = {
"Processing downloads break downloading record." ,
"New study shows computer programming lowers cholesterol." ,
};
PFont f; // Global font variable
float x; // Horizontal location
int index = 0;
void setup() {
size(400,200);
f = createFont( "Arial" ,16,true);
// Initialize headline offscreen
x = width;
}
void draw() {
background(255);
fill(0);
// Display headline at x location
textFont(f,16);
textAlign (LEFT);
// A specific String from the array is displayed according to the value of the "index" variable.
text(headlines[index],x,180);
// Decrement x
x = x - 3;
// If x is less than the negative width, then it is off the screen
// textWidth() is used to calculate the width of the current String.
float w = textWidth(headlines[index]);
if (x < -w) {
x = width;
// index is incremented when the current String has left the screen in order to display a new String.
index = (index + 1) % headlines.length;
}
}
(C) Æliens
20/2/2008
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