Milliseconds
A millisecond is 1/1000 of a second. Processing keeps track of the number of milliseconds a
program has run. By modifying this number with the modulo(%) operator, different patterns in time are created.
This example is ported from the Milliseconds example
on the Processing website
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let scale;
function setup() {
createCanvas(720, 400);
noStroke();
scale = width/20;
}
function draw() {
let i;
for ( i = 0; i < scale; i++) {
colorMode(RGB, (i+1) * scale * 10);
fill(millis()%((i+1) * scale * 10));
rect(i*scale, 0, scale, height);
}
}
