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How can I reverse the direction of this square after it reaches a certain value?

I'm trying to create an idle animation where the red rectangle moves back and forth slightly in a loop. For some reason once it reaches the specified threshhold instead of proceeding to move in the opposite direction, it just stops.
What did I do wrong?
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="1500" height="500" style="border:1px solid #c3c3c3;">
Your browser does not support the canvas element.
</canvas>
<script>
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
// Spaceship structure
var shipWidth = 250;
var shipHeight = 100;
// Canvas parameters
var cWidth = canvas.width;
var cHeight = canvas.height;
// Positioning variables
var centerWidthPosition = (cWidth / 2) - (shipWidth / 2);
var centerHeightPosition = (cHeight / 2) - (shipHeight / 2);
var requestAnimationFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame ||
window.mozRequestAnimationFrame ||
window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame ||
window.msRequestAnimationFrame;
function drawShip(){
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, cWidth, cHeight);
ctx.fillStyle = "#FF0000";
ctx.fillRect(centerWidthPosition,centerHeightPosition,shipWidth,shipHeight);
centerWidthPosition--;
if (centerWidthPosition < 400){
++centerWidthPosition;
}
requestAnimationFrame(drawShip);
}
drawShip();
</script>

#TheAmberlamps explained why it's doing that. Here I offer you a solution to achieve what I believe you are trying to do.
Use a velocity variable that changes magnitude. X position always increases by velocity value. Velocity changes directions at screen edges.
// use a velocity variable
var xspeed = 1;
// always increase by velocity
centerWidthPosition += xspeed;
// screen edges are 0 and 400 in this example
if (centerWidthPosition > 400 || centerWidthPosition < 0){
xspeed *= -1; // change velocity direction
}
I added another condition in your if that causes the object to bounce back and forth. Remove the selection after || if you don't want it doing that.

Your function is caught in a loop; once centerWidthPosition reaches 399 your conditional makes it increment back up to 400, and then it decrements back to 399.

here is another one as a brain teaser - how would go by making this animation bounce in the loop - basically turn text into particles and then reverse back to text and reverse back to particles and back to text and so on and on and on infinitely:
var random = Math.random;
window.onresize = function () {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
};
window.onresize();
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.font = 'bold 50px "somefont"';
ctx.textBaseline = 'center';
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,1)';
var _particles = [];
var particlesLength = 0;
var currentText = "SOMETEXT";
var createParticle = function createParticle(x, y) {_particles.push(new Particle(x, y));};
var checkAlpha = function checkAlpha(pixels, i) {return pixels[i * 4 + 3] > 0;};
var createParticles = function createParticles() {
var textSize = ctx.measureText(currentText);
ctx.fillText(currentText,Math.round((canvas.width / 2) - (textSize.width / 2)),Math.round(canvas.height / 2));
var imageData = ctx.getImageData(1, 1, canvas.width, canvas.height);
var pixels = imageData.data;
var dataLength = imageData.width * imageData.height;
for (var i = 0; i < dataLength; i++) {
var currentRow = Math.floor(i / imageData.width);
var currentColumn = i - Math.floor(i / imageData.height);
if (currentRow % 2 || currentColumn % 2) continue;
if (checkAlpha(pixels, i)) {
var cy = ~~(i / imageData.width);
var cx = ~~(i - (cy * imageData.width));
createParticle(cx, cy);
}}
particlesLength = _particles.length;
};
var Point = function Point(x, y) {
this.set(x, y);
};
Point.prototype = {
set: function (x, y) {
x = x || 0;
y = y || x || 0;
this._sX = x;
this._sY = y;
this.reset();
},
add: function (point) {
this.x += point.x;
this.y += point.y;
},
multiply: function (point) {
this.x *= point.x;
this.y *= point.y;
},
reset: function () {
this.x = this._sX;
this.y = this._sY;
return this;
},
};
var FRICT = new Point(0.98);//set to 0 if no flying needed
var Particle = function Particle(x, y) {
this.startPos = new Point(x, y);
this.v = new Point();
this.a = new Point();
this.reset();
};
Particle.prototype = {
reset: function () {
this.x = this.startPos.x;
this.y = this.startPos.y;
this.life = Math.round(random() * 300);
this.isActive = true;
this.v.reset();
this.a.reset();
},
tick: function () {
if (!this.isActive) return;
this.physics();
this.checkLife();
this.draw();
return this.isActive;
},
checkLife: function () {
this.life -= 1;
this.isActive = !(this.life < 1);
},
draw: function () {
ctx.fillRect(this.x, this.y, 1, 1);
},
physics: function () {
if (performance.now()<nextTime) return;
this.a.x = (random() - 0.5) * 0.8;
this.a.y = (random() - 0.5) * 0.8;
this.v.add(this.a);
this.v.multiply(FRICT);
this.x += this.v.x;
this.y += this.v.y;
this.x = Math.round(this.x * 10) / 10;
this.y = Math.round(this.y * 10) / 10;
}
};
var nextTime = performance.now()+3000;
createParticles();
function clearCanvas() {
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,1)';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
}
(function clearLoop() {
clearCanvas();
requestAnimationFrame(clearLoop);
})();
(function animLoop(time) {
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,1)';
var isAlive = true;
for (var i = 0; i < particlesLength; i++) {
if (_particles[i].tick()) isAlive = true;
}
requestAnimationFrame(animLoop);
})();
function resetParticles() {
for (var i = 0; i < particlesLength; i++) {
_particles[i].reset();
}}

Click listener incorrect data after resizing window with canvas in angular 6

I am using a canvas with clickable elements that was added using for loop, I added a resizing event that redrawing the canvas after user window was resized, When the window is loading for the first time the canvas and click listeners works great, My problem starts after the window resizing, I getting wrong click coordinates and bad behavior, It looks the click event have sort of a backlog for all the times that the screen was resized
Here is the full code on stackblitz
The resize function
#HostListener('window:resize', ['$event'])
onResize(event) {
this.innerWidth = window.innerWidth;
this.innerHeight = window.innerHeight;
this.canvas.width = this.innerWidth;
this.canvas.height = this.innerHeight
this.cleardraw()
this.draw()
}
cleardraw(){
var ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, this.innerWidth, this.innerHeight);
}
The draw function
draw() {
var ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.font = "15px Arial";
var seats = []
var tempOrderArrey = []
var orderSeatsClinet = []
var selectedSeatsClient = []
var numberOfSeats = 10
var numberOfRows = 10
var canvasWidth = this.innerWidth
var canvasHight = this.innerHeight
function Seat(x, y, w, h, id, line, seatNum, color) {
this.x = x - 160
this.y = y ;
this.w = w;
this.h = h;
this.id = id;
this.line = line
this.seatNo = seatNum + 1 ;
this.color = color
}
Seat.prototype.draw = function () {
ctx.fillStyle = this.color
ctx.fillRect(this.x, this.y, this.w, this.h)
}
function drawAll() {
for (var i = 0; i < seats.length; i++) {
seats[i].draw();
}
}
var id = 1;
var xPad = canvasWidth / 30
function addSeats(value, ch) {
for (let i = 0; i <= 15; i++)
seats.push(new Seat( (canvasWidth / 3) + (i * xPad), value, canvasWidth/ 37, canvasWidth/ 37, id++, ch, i, "#998515"));
}
var start = 60, diff = canvasWidth/30, ch = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
//60 + (40 * i)
addSeats(start + (diff * i), ch++);
}
drawAll()
The click event function
this.renderer.listen(this.canvasRef.nativeElement, 'click', (event) => {
let cX = event.layerX;
let cY = event.layerY;
const offsetLeft = this.canvasRef.nativeElement.offsetLeft;
const offsetTop = this.canvasRef.nativeElement.offsetTop;
this.cX = cX - offsetLeft;
this.cY = cY - offsetTop;
for (var i = 0; i < seats.length; i++) {
var s = seats[i];
if (cX >= s.x && cX < s.x + s.w && cY >= s.y && cY < s.y + s.h) {
if (s.color == '#998515') { // If green
tempOrderArrey.push({ "id": s.id, "seatNum": s.seatNo, "rowNum": s.line })
s.color = '#ff0000'
ctx.fillStyle = '#ff0000'
ctx.fillRect(s.x, s.y, s.w, s.h)
}
else if (s.color == '#ff0000') { // If red
tempOrderArrey = tempOrderArrey.filter(seat => seat.id != s.id);
ctx.fillStyle = '#998515'
s.color = '#998515'
ctx.fillRect(s.x, s.y, s.w, s.h)
}
}
this.tempOrderArrey = tempOrderArrey
}})
}

The reason is that each time you resize, renderer.listen is called again, so for one click there are many events being fired.
You need to make sure that you clear the listener before creating a new one
// Check if the reference exists
if (this.reference != null) {
this.reference; // Clear the listener
}
// Store a reference to the listener
this.reference = this.renderer.listen(this.canvasRef.nativeElement, 'click', (event) => {
Here is a fork of the StackBlitz

Array declared as constant still being manipulated in javascript

So I have built a circular random colour picker utility in javascript and HTML5 Canvas and all the components are dynamic, the size of the objects adjusts to the size of the screen and the spacing also adjusts to the size of the screen. Furthermore, if the user resizes the display the utility also dynamically resizes.
I am using an array to store the colours for the circles. When the circles are generated they use the first colour in the array, delete that colour from the array, and then shuffle the array.
The problem is that when the user resizes the display the colour array does not have enough colours left to draw all the circles, this is because the code removes used colours so that there are no duplicates. However, i tried to fix this by declaring a constant array of the colours called origColours and setting the colours array equal to the origColours array.
Below is the code I have written. I cannot see how or why the origColours array is being manipulated, hopefully you can help
:)
//########//SETUP
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var c = canvas.getContext("2d");
canvas.height = innerHeight;
canvas.width = innerWidth;
document.documentElement.style.overflow = 'hidden'; // firefox, chrome
document.body.scroll = "no"; // ie only
//########//COLORS
const origColours = ["#1c2133", "#2b6ea8", "#5d99bf", "#333968", "#000000", "#b000b0", "#0000aa", "#ff0000", "#00aaaa", "#7CFC00", "#00FF7F", "#8B0000", "#F0E68C"];
var colours = ["#1c2133", "#2b6ea8", "#5d99bf", "#333968", "#000000", "#b000b0", "#0000aa", "#ff0000", "#00aaaa", "#7CFC00", "#00FF7F", "#8B0000", "#F0E68C"];
//########//VARIABLES
var backgroundColour = 0;
var mouse = {
x: undefined,
y: undefined,
};
var key = {
keyCode: undefined,
}
var mainRadius = 0;
var smallRadius = 0;
var pointerCircle;
var circles = [];
//########//EVENTS
window.addEventListener("mousemove", function(event) {
mouse.x = event.x;
mouse.y = event.y;
})
window.addEventListener("keypress", function(event) {
key.keyCode = event.keyCode;
if (key.keyCode == 32) {
switchBg();
}
})
window.addEventListener('resize', function(event) {
canvas.width = innerWidth
canvas.height = innerHeight
setup();
})
//########//OBJECTS
function Circle(x, y, radius, colour) {
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.radius = radius;
//this.n = Math.floor(Math.random()*colours.length);
if (colour == undefined) {
//this.fill = colours[this.n];
this.fill = colours[0];
this.orignalFill = this.fill;
colours.shift();
colours = shuffleArray(colours);
} else {
this.fill = colour;
this.orignalFill = this.fill;
}
this.draw = function() {
c.fillStyle = this.fill;
c.strokeStyle = this.colour;
c.beginPath();
c.arc(this.x,this.y,this.radius,0,Math.PI*2);
c.fill();
}
this.update = function() {
//Bounce off the edges
// if (this.x + this.radius > innerWidth || this.x - this.radius < 0) {
// this.dx = -this.dx;
// }
// if (this.y + this.radius > innerHeight || this.y - this.radius < 0) {
// this.dy = -this.dy;
// }
//Move circle
// this.x += this.dx;
// this.y += this.dy;
//Draw the circle after all calculations have been made
this.draw();
}
}
//########//UTILITY FUNCTIONS
function shuffleArray(arr) {
var j, x, i;
for (i = arr.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1));
x = arr[i];
arr[i] = arr[j];
arr[j] = x;
}
return arr;
}
function checkCollisions(obj1, objs) {
for (var i = 0; i < objs.length; i++) {
if (checkCollision(obj1, objs[i])) {
return objs[i]
}
}
}
function renderCircles(arr) {
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
arr[i].update();
}
}
function checkCollision(object1, object2) {
var obj_s = getDistance(object1.x, object1.y, object2.x, object2.y);
if (obj_s < object1.radius + object2.radius) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
function getDistance(x1, y1, x2, y2) {
xs = x2 - x1;
ys = y2 - y1;
return Math.sqrt(Math.pow(xs, 2) + Math.pow(ys, 2));
}
function switchBg() {
if (backgroundColour == 0) {
document.body.style.backgroundColor = "black"
backgroundColour = 1
} else if (backgroundColour == 1) {
document.body.style.backgroundColor = "white"
backgroundColour = 0
}
}
//########//ANIMATION
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
c.clearRect(0,0,innerWidth,innerHeight);
pointerCircle.x = mouse.x;
pointerCircle.y = mouse.y;
var result = checkCollisions(pointerCircle, circles);
if (result != undefined) {
circles[0].fill = result.fill;
} else {
circles[0].fill = circles[0].orignalFill;
}
pointerCircle.update();
renderCircles(circles);
}
//########//RUNNING CODE
function setup() {
if (innerHeight >= innerWidth) {
mainRadius = innerWidth/6;
} else {
mainRadius = innerHeight/6;
}
smallRadius = mainRadius/2;
c.clearRect(0,0,innerWidth,innerHeight);
circles = [];
colours = origColours
pointerCircle = new Circle(0,0,1, "rgba(0,0,0,0)");
circles.push(new Circle(innerWidth/2, innerHeight/2, mainRadius, "white"));
circles.push(new Circle((innerWidth/2)-mainRadius*2, innerHeight/2, smallRadius));
circles.push(new Circle((innerWidth/2)+mainRadius*2, innerHeight/2, smallRadius));
circles.push(new Circle((innerWidth/2), (innerHeight/2)-mainRadius*2, smallRadius));
circles.push(new Circle((innerWidth/2), (innerHeight/2)+mainRadius*2, smallRadius));
var angCoE = mainRadius / 2 * 3;
circles.push(new Circle((innerWidth/2)+angCoE, (innerHeight/2)-angCoE, smallRadius));
circles.push(new Circle((innerWidth/2)+angCoE, (innerHeight/2)+angCoE, smallRadius));
circles.push(new Circle((innerWidth/2)-angCoE, (innerHeight/2)-angCoE, smallRadius));
circles.push(new Circle((innerWidth/2)-angCoE, (innerHeight/2)+angCoE, smallRadius));
}
setup();
animate();

Note: So I was a little too hasty and didn't read your question thoroughly enough. The real solution was posted by Hey24sheep and pooyan below -- I'm leaving this here to explain a different facet of the question.
Declaring a variable as const means you cannot change its value. If the variable in question holds a reference to an object (such as an array), this means you cannot make the variable refer to a different object.
For example, if you tried this:
const colors = [ 'red', 'green', 'blue' ];
colors = [ 'yellow', 'cyan', 'magenta' ];
This would fail, because you're trying to change what colors refers to. However, the array itself is a separate entity from your variable, and its properties are still free to be manipulated.
What you're looking for in this case is Object.freeze():
const colors = Object.freeze([ 'red', 'green', 'blue' ]);
Now you will find that you cannot add, remove, or change any elements of the array. And, since you delcared it with const, you cannot reassign the variable colors either.
Further info:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/freeze
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/const

In JavaScript objects are passed and assigned by reference (more accurately the value of a reference), so colours is a reference to the same object.
Because you are doing this in your Setup function.
colours = origColours
You need to create a copy if you need to modify one and not the other.
Basically, the slice() operation clones the array and returns the reference to the new array
colours = origColours.slice();

you should clone your array instead of colours = origColours. one way to clone your array is colours = origColours.slice(0); otherwise when you change your colours array, your origColours would be effected too.

you can make a copy of the array and this will leave the original array untouched theres a few ways you can copy an array
colours = origColours.slice();
or if you're using es7 polyfills
colours = [...origColours]
const means you can't change the assignment but you can change the insides of the assignmeant
//you can do this
const a = [1, 2]; // [1]
a.pop()
console.log(a)
// but you cant do this
const i = 5;
i = 4; // erro

how to fill particles inside rectangle?

I'm looking to draw a rectangle basically text but just for clearing insight I'm working it with rectangle with small particles inside rectangle the basic I idea I got from https://yalantis.com/ but in my attempt I'm stuck here with solid filled rectangle with a color I have specified for particles. Please help me.. :)
Thanks here is my code:
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Off Screen Canvas</title>
<script>
function createOffscreenCanvas() {
var offScreenCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
offScreenCanvas.width = '1360';
offScreenCanvas.height = '400';
var context = offScreenCanvas.getContext("2d");
var W=200;
var H=200;
particleCount = 200;
particles = []; //this is an array which will hold our particles Object/Class
function Particle() {
this.x = Math.random() * W;
this.y = Math.random() * H;
this.direction ={"x": -1 + Math.random()*2, "y": -1 + Math.random()*2};
this.vx = 2 * Math.random() + 4 ;
this.vy = 2 * Math.random() + 4;
this.radius = .9 * Math.random() + 1;
this.move = function(){
this.x += this.vx * this.direction.x;
this.y += this.vy * this.direction.y;
};
this.changeDirection = function(axis){
this.direction[axis] *= -1;
};
this.draw = function() {
context.beginPath();
context.fillStyle = "#0097a7";
context.arc(this.x, this.y, this.radius, 0, Math.PI * 2, false);
context.fill();
};
this.boundaryCheck = function(){
if(this.x >= W){
this.x = W;
this.changeDirection("x");
}
else if(this.x <= 0){
this.x = 0;
this.changeDirection("x");
}
if(this.y >= H){
this.y = H;
this.changeDirection("y");
}
else if(this.y <= 0){
this.y = 0;
this.changeDirection("y");
}
};
}
function createParticles(){
for (var i = particleCount-1; i >= 0; i--) {
p = new Particle();
particles.push(p);
}
}// end createParticles
function drawParticles(){
for (var i = particleCount-1; i >= 0; i--){
p = particles[i];
p.draw();
}
} //end drawParticles
function updateParticles(){
for(var i = particles.length - 1; i >=0; i--){
p = particles[i];
p.move();
p.boundaryCheck();
}
}//end updateParticle
createParticles();
var part=drawParticles();
context.fillStyle=part;
context.fillRect(W-190, H-190, W, H);
context.fill();
return offScreenCanvas;
}
function copyToOnScreen(offScreenCanvas) {
var onScreenContext=document.getElementById('onScreen').getContext('2d');
var offScreenContext = offScreenCanvas.getContext('2d');
var image=offScreenContext.getImageData(10,10,200,200);
onScreenContext.putImageData(image,offScreenCanvas.width/2,offScreenCanvas.height/4);
}
function main() {
copyToOnScreen(createOffscreenCanvas());
}
</script>
<style>
canvas {
border: 1px solid red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body onload="main()">
<canvas id="onScreen" width="1360" height="400"></canvas>
</body>
</html>

I see you have not found what you are looking for yet. Below is something quick to get you on your way. There is a whole range of stuff being used from canvas,mouse,particles, etc most of which is without comments. There is no load balancing or compliance testing and because it uses babel to be compatible with IE11 I have no clue how it runs on those browsers.
I will add to this answer some other time but for now I am a little over it.
const textList = ["1","2","3","Testing","text","to","particles"];
var textPos = 0;
function createParticles(text){
createTextMap(
text, // text to display
40, // font size
"Arial", // font
{ // style fot rendering font
fillStyle : "#6AF",
strokeStyle : "#F80",
lineWidth : 2,
lineJoin : "round",
},{ // bounding box to find a best fit for
top : 0,
left : 0,
width : canvas.width,
height : canvas.height,
}
)
}
// This function starts the animations
var started = false;
function startIt(){
started = true;
const next = ()=>{
var text = textList[(textPos++ ) % textList.length];
particles.mouseFX.dist = canvas.height / 8;
createParticles(text);
setTimeout(moveOut,text.length * 100 + 3000);
}
const moveOut = ()=>{
particles.moveOut();
setTimeout(next,2000);
}
setTimeout(next,0);
}
function setStyle(ctx,style){
Object.keys(style).forEach(key => ctx[key] = style[key]);
}
// the following function create the particles from text using a canvas
// the canvas used is dsplayed on the main canvas top left fro referance.
var tCan = createImage(100, 100); // canvas used to draw text
function createTextMap(text,size,font,style,fit){
// function to conver to colour hex value
const hex = (v)=> (v < 16 ? "0" : "") + v.toString(16);
// set up font so we can find the size.
tCan.ctx.font = size + "px " + font;
// get size of text
var width = Math.ceil(tCan.ctx.measureText(text).width + size);
// resize the canvas to fit the text
tCan.width = width;
tCan.height = Math.ceil(size *1.2);
// c is alias for context
var c = tCan.ctx;
// set up font
c.font = size + "px " + font;
c.textAlign = "center";
c.textBaseline = "middle";
// set style
setStyle(c,style);
// only do stroke and fill if they are set in styles object
if(style.strokeStyle){
c.strokeText(text, width / 2, tCan.height / 2);
}
if(style.fillStyle){
c.fillText(text, width / 2, tCan.height/ 2);
}
// prep the particles
particles.empty();
// get the pixel data
var data = c.getImageData(0,0,width,tCan.height).data;
var x,y,ind,rgb,a;
// find pixels with alpha > 128
for(y = 0; y < tCan.height; y += 1){
for(x = 0; x < width; x += 1){
ind = (y * width + x) << 2; // << 2 is equiv to * 4
if(data[ind + 3] > 128){ // is alpha above half
rgb = `#${hex(data[ind ++])}${hex(data[ind ++])}${hex(data[ind ++])}`;
// add the particle
particles.add(Vec(x, y), Vec(x, y), rgb);
}
}
}
// scale the particles to fit bounding box
var scale = Math.min(fit.width / width, fit.height / tCan.height);
particles.each(p=>{
p.home.x = ((fit.left + fit.width) / 2) + (p.home.x - (width / 2)) * scale;
p.home.y = ((fit.top + fit.height) / 2) + (p.home.y - (tCan.height / 2)) * scale;
})
.findCenter() // get center used to move particles on and off of screen
.moveOffscreen() // moves particles off the screen
.moveIn(); // set the particles to move into view.
}
// vector object a quick copy from other code.
function Vec(x,y){ // because I dont like typing in new
return new _Vec(x,y);
}
function _Vec(x = 0,y = 0){
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
return this;
}
_Vec.prototype = {
setAs(vec){
this.x = vec.x;
this.y = vec.y;
},
toString(){
return `vec : { x : ${this.x}, y : ${this.y} );`
}
}
// basic particle
const particle = {
pos : null,
delta : null,
home : null,
col : "black",
}
// array of particles
const particles = {
items : [], // actual array of particles
mouseFX : { // mouse FX
power : 20,
dist : 100,
curve : 3, // polynomial power
on : true,
},
fx : {
speed : 0.4,
drag : 0.15,
size : 4,
jiggle : 8,
},
// direction 1 move in -1 move out
direction : 1,
moveOut(){this.direction = -1; return this},
moveIn(){this.direction = 1; return this},
length : 0, // Dont touch this from outside particles.
each(callback){ // custom iteration
for(var i = 0; i < this.length; i++){
callback(this.items[i],i);
}
return this;
},
empty(){ // empty but dont dereference
this.length = 0;
return this;
},
deRef(){ // call to clear memory
this.items.length = 0;
this.length = 0;
},
add(pos,home,col){ // adds a particle
var p;
if(this.length < this.items.length){
p = this.items[this.length++];
// p.pos.setAs(pos);
p.home.setAs(home);
p.delta.x = 0;
p.delta.y = 0;
p.col = col;
}else{
this.items.push(
Object.assign(
{},
particle,
{
pos,
home,
col,
delta : Vec()
}
)
);
this.length = this.items.length
}
return this;
},
draw(){ // draws all
var p, size, sizeh;
sizeh = (size = this.fx.size) / 2;
for(var i = 0; i < this.length; i++){
p = this.items[i];
ctx.fillStyle = p.col;
ctx.fillRect(p.pos.x - sizeh, p.pos.y - sizeh, size, size);
}
},
update(){ // update all particles
var p,x,y,d;
var mP = this.mouseFX.power;
var mD = this.mouseFX.dist;
var mC = this.mouseFX.curve;
var fxJ = this.fx.jiggle;
var fxD = this.fx.drag;
var fxS = this.fx.speed;
for(var i = 0; i < this.length; i++){
p = this.items[i];
p.delta.x += (p.home.x - p.pos.x ) * fxS + (Math.random() - 0.5) * fxJ;
p.delta.y += (p.home.y - p.pos.y ) * fxS + (Math.random() - 0.5) * fxJ;
p.delta.x *= fxD;
p.delta.y *= fxD;
p.pos.x += p.delta.x * this.direction;
p.pos.y += p.delta.y * this.direction;
if(this.mouseFX.on){
x = p.pos.x - mouse.x;
y = p.pos.y - mouse.y;
d = Math.sqrt(x * x + y * y);
if(d < mD){
x /= d;
y /= d;
d /= mD;
d = (1-Math.pow(d,mC)) * mP;
p.pos.x += x * d;
p.pos.y += y * d;
}
}
}
return this;
},
findCenter(){ // find the center of particles maybe could do without
var x,y;
y = x = 0;
this.each(p => {
x += p.home.x;
y += p.home.y;
});
this.center = Vec(x / this.length, y / this.length);
return this;
},
moveOffscreen(){ // move start pos offscreen
var dist,x,y;
dist = Math.sqrt(this.center.x * this.center.x + this.center.y * this.center.y);
this.each(p => {
var d;
x = p.home.x - this.center.x;
y = p.home.y - this.center.y;
d = Math.max(0.0001,Math.sqrt(x * x + y * y)); // max to make sure no zeros
p.pos.x = p.home.x + (x / d) * dist;
p.pos.y = p.home.y + (y / d) * dist;
});
return this;
},
}
function onResize(){ // called from boilerplate
if(!started){
startIt();
}
}
/** SimpleFullCanvasMouse.js begin **/
// the following globals are available
// w, h, cw, ch, width height centerWidth centerHeight of canvas
// canvas, ctx, mouse, globalTime
//MAIN animation loop
function display() { // call once per frame
ctx.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0); // reset transform
ctx.globalAlpha = 1; // reset alpha
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, w, h);
if(tCan){
// ctx.drawImage(tCan,0,0);
}
particles.update();
particles.draw();
}
/******************************************************************************
The code from here down is generic full page mouse and canvas boiler plate
code. As I do many examples which all require the same mouse and canvas
functionality I have created this code to keep a consistent interface. The
Code may or may not be part of the answer.
This code may or may not have ES6 only sections so will require a transpiler
such as babel.js to run on legacy browsers.
*****************************************************************************/
// V2.0 ES6 version for Stackoverflow and Groover QuickRun
var w, h, cw, ch, canvas, ctx, mouse, globalTime = 0;
// You can declare onResize (Note the capital R) as a callback that is also
// called once at start up. Warning on first call canvas may not be at full
// size.
;(function(){
const RESIZE_DEBOUNCE_TIME = 100;
var resizeTimeoutHandle;
var firstRun = true;
function createCanvas () {
var c,cs;
cs = (c = document.createElement("canvas")).style;
cs.position = "absolute";
cs.top = cs.left = "0px";
cs.zIndex = 1000;
document.body.appendChild(c);
return c;
}
function resizeCanvas () {
if (canvas === undefined) { canvas = createCanvas() }
canvas.width = innerWidth;
canvas.height = innerHeight;
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
if (typeof setGlobals === "function") { setGlobals() }
if (typeof onResize === "function") {
clearTimeout(resizeTimeoutHandle);
if (firstRun) { onResize() }
else { resizeTimeoutHandle = setTimeout(onResize, RESIZE_DEBOUNCE_TIME) }
firstRun = false;
}
}
function setGlobals () {
cw = (w = canvas.width) / 2;
ch = (h = canvas.height) / 2;
}
mouse = (function () {
function preventDefault(e) { e.preventDefault() }
var m; // alias for mouse
var mouse = {
x : 0, y : 0, w : 0, // mouse position and wheel
alt : false, shift : false, ctrl : false, // mouse modifiers
buttonRaw : 0,
over : false, // true if mouse over the element
buttonOnMasks : [0b1, 0b10, 0b100], // mouse button on masks
buttonOffMasks : [0b110, 0b101, 0b011], // mouse button off masks
active : false,
bounds : null,
eventNames : "mousemove,mousedown,mouseup,mouseout,mouseover,mousewheel,DOMMouseScroll".split(","),
event(e) {
var t = e.type;
m.bounds = m.element.getBoundingClientRect();
m.x = e.pageX - m.bounds.left - scrollX;
m.y = e.pageY - m.bounds.top - scrollY;
m.alt = e.altKey;
m.shift = e.shiftKey;
m.ctrl = e.ctrlKey;
if (t === "mousedown") { m.buttonRaw |= m.buttonOnMasks[e.which - 1] }
else if (t === "mouseup") { m.buttonRaw &= m.buttonOffMasks[e.which - 1] }
else if (t === "mouseout") { m.over = false }
else if (t === "mouseover") { m.over = true }
else if (t === "mousewheel") {m.w = e.wheelDelta }
else if (t === "DOMMouseScroll") { m.w = -e.detail }
if (m.callbacks) { m.callbacks.forEach(c => c(e)) }
if ((m.buttonRaw & 2) && m.crashRecover !== null) {
if (typeof m.crashRecover === "function") { setTimeout(m.crashRecover, 0) }
}
e.preventDefault();
},
addCallback(callback) {
if (typeof callback === "function") {
if (m.callbacks === undefined) { m.callbacks = [callback] }
else { m.callbacks.push(callback) }
}
},
start(element) {
if (m.element !== undefined) { m.remove() }
m.element = element === undefined ? document : element;
m.eventNames.forEach(name => document.addEventListener(name, mouse.event) );
document.addEventListener("contextmenu", preventDefault, false);
m.active = true;
},
remove() {
if (m.element !== undefined) {
m.eventNames.forEach(name => document.removeEventListener(name, mouse.event) );
document.removeEventListener("contextmenu", preventDefault);
m.element = m.callbacks = undefined;
m.active = false;
}
}
}
m = mouse;
return mouse;
})();
function done() { // Clean up. Used where the IDE is on the same page.
window.removeEventListener("resize", resizeCanvas)
mouse.remove();
document.body.removeChild(canvas);
canvas = ctx = mouse = undefined;
}
function update(timer) { // Main update loop
if(ctx === undefined){ return }
globalTime = timer;
display(); // call demo code
requestAnimationFrame(update);
}
setTimeout(function(){
canvas = createCanvas();
mouse.start(canvas, true);
resizeCanvas();
if(typeof Groover !== "undefined" && Groover.ide){ mouse.crashRecover = done }; // Requires Ace.js and GrooverDev.js. Prevents
window.addEventListener("resize", resizeCanvas);
requestAnimationFrame(update);
},0);
})();
/** SimpleFullCanvasMouse.js end **/
/** CreateImage.js begin **/
// creates a blank image with 2d context
function createImage(w,h){var i=document.createElement("canvas");i.width=w;i.height=h;i.ctx=i.getContext("2d");return i;}
/** CreateImage.js end **/
canvas {
background : black;
}

well after all the attempts like hell I finally got my answer thanks to moáois answer to my post using particle slider. here is the code. Thanks everyone for your help :)

Javascript TypeError: Undefined is not a function

I am learning Javascript on Codecademy, and I am trying to create a function that tells me the perimeter of a rectangle. The error that has come up is:
SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input
My code is:
function Rectangle(height, width) {
this.height = height;
this.width = width;
};
this.calcArea = function() {
return this.height * this.width;
};
// put our perimeter function here!
this.calcPerimeter = function() {
return this.height * 2 + this.width * 2;
};
var rex = new Rectangle(7,3);
var area = rex.calcArea();
var perimeter = rex.calcPerimeter();
Any help/advice greatly appreciated, thanks :)

this.calcarea and this.calcperimeter is outside of the scope of the Rectangle. You need them to be inside the brackets of the Rectangle-object to be member-functions. Like so:
function Rectangle(height, width) {
this.height = height;
this.width = width;
this.calcArea = function() {
return this.height * this.width;
}
// put our perimeter function here!
this.calcPerimeter = function() {
return this.height * 2 + this.width * 2;
}
}

You have close Rectangle class at wrong place.
Problem with your code is that calcPerimeter and calcArea is outside Rectangle class. So when you perform rex.calcArea(); the function in undefined.
Use
function Rectangle(height, width) {
this.height = height;
this.width = width;
//}; removed from here
this.calcArea = function () {
return this.height * this.width;
};
this.calcPerimeter = function () {
return this.height * 2 + this.width * 2;
};
}; //Place closing brace here
var rex = new Rectangle(7, 3);
var area = rex.calcArea();
var perimeter = rex.calcPerimeter();

You'll Need To use
Rectangle.prototype, as follows:
function Rectangle(height, width) {
this.height = height;
this.width = width;
}
Rectangle.prototype.calcArea = function() {
return this.height * this.width;
};
Rectangle.prototype.calcPerimeter = function() {
return this.height * 2 + this.width * 2;
};
var rex = new Rectangle(7,3);
var area = rex.calcArea();
var perimeter = rex.calcPerimeter();
That'll create a Method for class Rectangle.
In your code Your Methods area() and perimeter are referring to this object, which in this case is pointing to window. So it is of no use. To make this point to Rectangles Object. You need to use Rectangle.prototype.methodName=function(){//Here this =Rectangle Obj };
className.prototype.methodName
in javascript creates public methods(methodName) which can be accessible by the objects of that class.
DEMO.
Hope it Helps! :)!