add() / Reference / Processing.org

Name

add()

Class

PVector

Description

Adds x, y, and z components to a vector, adds one vector to another, or adds two independent vectors together. The version of the method that adds two vectors together is a static method and returns a new PVector, the others act directly on the vector itself. See the examples for more context.

Examples

PVector v;

void setup() {
  noLoop();
  v = new PVector(40, 20, 0);
}

void draw() {
  ellipse(v.x, v.y, 12, 12);
  ellipse(25, 50, 12, 12);
  v.add(25, 50, 0);
  ellipse(v.x, v.y, 24, 24);
}

PVector v1, v2;

void setup() {
  noLoop();
  v1 = new PVector(40, 20, 0);
  v2 = new PVector(25, 50, 0); 
}

void draw() {
  ellipse(v1.x, v1.y, 12, 12);
  ellipse(v2.x, v2.y, 12, 12);
  v2.add(v1);
  ellipse(v2.x, v2.y, 24, 24);
}

PVector v1, v2;

void setup() {
  noLoop();
  v1 = new PVector(40, 20, 0);
  v2 = new PVector(25, 50, 0); 
}

void draw() {
  ellipse(v1.x, v1.y, 12, 12);
  ellipse(v2.x, v2.y, 12, 12);
  PVector v3 = PVector.add(v1, v2);
  ellipse(v3.x, v3.y, 24, 24);
}

Syntax

.add(v)
.add(x, y)
.add(x, y, z)
.add(v1, v2)
.add(v1, v2, target)

Parameters

v(PVector)the vector to be added
x(float)x component of the vector
y(float)y component of the vector
z(float)z component of the vector
v1(PVector)a vector
v2(PVector)another vector
target(PVector)the target vector (if null, a new vector will be created)

Return

PVector

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.