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<td><h3>Object</h3></td>

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<th scope="row">Examples</th>

<td><div class="example"><pre>// Declare and contruct two objects (h1, h2) from the class HLine

HLine h1 = new HLine(20, 2.0);

HLine h2 = new HLine(50, 2.5);

void setup()

{

size(200, 200);

frameRate(30);

}

void draw() {

background(204);

h1.update();

h2.update();

}

class HLine {

float ypos, speed;

HLine (float y, float s) {

ypos = y;

speed = s;

}

void update() {

ypos += speed;

if (ypos > width) {

ypos = 0;

}

line(0, ypos, width, ypos);

}

}</pre></div></td>

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<th scope="row">Description</th>

<td>Objects are instances of classes. A class is a grouping of related methods (functions) and fields (variables and constants).</td>

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<th scope="row">Syntax</th>

<td><pre><kbd>class</kbd><kbd>instance</kbd></pre></td>

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<th scope="row">Parameters</th>

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<th scope="row">class</th>

<td>the class to created the object from</td>

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<th scope="row">instance</th>

<td>any variable name</td>

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<th scope="row">Usage</th>

<td>Web & Application</td>

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<th scope="row">Related</th>

<td><a href="../reference/class">class</a><br /></td>

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