How can I pass through the color variable?

[user23]

on a line like the following
public void (int x,int y,int a,int b, "COLOR HERE")
What would I put in the color spot, to pass that value through and actually use it (would I have to still use the setColor line, and incorporate that value)?

Thanks

[Zren]

If you're using the default graphics. You'd use an instance of Color from java.awt.Color. Yes you will need to tell the Graphics engine that you are now drawing in red.

[user23]

I'm unsure of what would go into the "color here" part, so that I could pass through different colors each time as I run it, along with the different values for the other variables.

Thanks

[Zren]

You'd need to declare a parameter variable similar to how you you defined the integers x,y,a, and b. Except this time the data type is Color. You'd also need a unique variable name.

Of course, you will also need to define the Color class by importing it.

Place this above your main class:

Java:

import java.awt.Color;

[user23]

Yea I tried that, but setColor (Color.c) doesn't work, while if the c was replaced with black there, it'd work fine, and black is the same color I'm passing through. Is that not how it should be done? I tried (c) and (Color c) in the brackets as well.

And when passing through black, I simply write it as text, correct?

[Zren]

Well I guess it wasn't for lack of trying.

Java:

public void blarg (Color c) {     setColor(Color.green); // Using one of the static presets.     setColor(new Color(1, 0.5, 0)); // New instance / Custom color     setColor(c); }

No. You don't just write blarg(black); as in that syntax, black is a variable. So unless you've declared a variable with the name black and it's data type is Color, it will not work.