Comments on: Exercise 10-4: Raindrop Game http://www.learningprocessing.com A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction by Daniel Shiffman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.learningprocessing.com/exercises/chapter-10/exercise-10-4/comment-page-1/#comment-20639 Anonymous Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:46:00 +0000 http://www.learningprocessing.com/?page_id=1260#comment-20639 In the example, the drop is only checked if it is not "finished."  So if you don't set finished equal to true then it reaches the bottom over and over again, incremented your missed variable over and over again. In the example, the drop is only checked if it is not “finished.”  So if you don’t set finished equal to true then it reaches the bottom over and over again, incremented your missed variable over and over again.

]]> By: Rbhghs0 http://www.learningprocessing.com/exercises/chapter-10/exercise-10-4/comment-page-1/#comment-20579 Rbhghs0 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.learningprocessing.com/?page_id=1260#comment-20579 // I have a question about the raindrops..... // the variable missed simply increments... // when the drop hits the ground... if (drops[i].reachedBottom()){        drops[i].finished();  // why is this needed?        missed++; } // But if I take out the code : drops[i].finished(); // then the missed counter increments out of control because of the // for loop that this is in.... // can someone explain why? Thank You. // I have a question about the raindrops…..
// the variable missed simply increments…
// when the drop hits the ground…

if (drops[i].reachedBottom()){
       drops[i].finished();  // why is this needed?
       missed++;
}

// But if I take out the code : drops[i].finished();
// then the missed counter increments out of control because of the
// for loop that this is in….
// can someone explain why? Thank You.

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