This example demonstrates the use of the random() function.
When the user presses the mouse button, the position and color of the circle change randomly.
Random: Revised by Darren Kessner. Edited and maintained by p5.js Contributors and Processing Foundation. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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