p5.js height variable
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10 Aug, 2023
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The height variable in p5.js is a system variable which stores the height of the drawing canvas. It sets the second parameter of createCanvas() function.
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Example 2: This example uses height variable to display the height of window.
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Reference: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/height
heightBelow programs illustrate the height variable in p5.js: Example 1: This example uses height variable to display the height of canvas.
function setup() {
// Create Canvas of size 380*80
createCanvas(380, 80);
}
function draw() {
// Set the background color
background(220);
// Set the text size
textSize(16);
// Set the text alignment
textAlign(CENTER);
// Set the text color
fill(color('Green'));
// Display result
text("Height of Canvas is : "
+ height, 180, 50);
}

function setup() {
// set height to window height
height = windowHeight;
//create Canvas of size 380*80
createCanvas(380, height);
}
function draw() {
background(220);
textSize(16);
textAlign(CENTER);
fill(color('Green'));
text("Height of Canvas is : "+height, 180, height/2); //use of height variable
}
