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Source code: moving_bar

Built with Processing

//moving_bar by paul glennon

float myValue;
float myColour;
void setup(){
size(300,200);
background(0);
framerate(20); // setting the speed with framerate.
}
void draw(){
myValue = random(30,225);
myColour = random(30,200);
noStroke();
rect(myValue,48,40,100); // myValue - back and forward on the x axis.
fill(myColour,0,100); // random is a variety of R between the above.
}


No. 4
moving_bar
by paul glennon 2005

An extension on the movement theme, this time introducing a myValue to move the bar back and forward on the stage.

There is still some vocabulary in this one that I do not understand. Float for example - I need to examine more examples.