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p5.js accelerationY variable

The accelerationY system variableĀ is responsible for the acceleration of the device(tablets or mobile phones) along the y-axis. It can be used with the draw() function to accelerate the device in the y-axis of the coordinate system.

Its Value is represented as meters per second squared.

Syntax:

accelerationY

Example 1:

Javascript




// Move a touchscreen device to register
// Acceleration changes.
function setup()
{
Ā Ā createCanvas(400,400)
}
Ā Ā 
function draw() {
Ā Ā background(270);
Ā Ā Ā Ā 
Ā Ā fill('red');
Ā Ā textAlign(CENTER,CENTER);
Ā Ā textSize(50);
Ā Ā // Convert the acceleration into integer when
Ā Ā // Device is moved along y-axis.
Ā Ā text(int(accelerationY),windowWidth/2,windowHeight/2);
}


Output:

Example 2:

Javascript




// Move a touchscreen device to register
// acceleration changes.
function draw() {
Ā Ā createCanvas(400,400);
Ā Ā background(220);
Ā Ā fill('blue');
Ā Ā Ā Ā 
Ā Ā //Set the variable.
Ā Ā square(width/2, height/2, accelerationY);
}


Output:

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