FAQ: Introduction to Creative Coding with p5.js - Draw Function

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Hello, instruction validation :frowning:
In instructions:
why this give me invalid even its right, works and good practice

  const randomBg = Math.floor(Math.random()*256)
  background(randomBg);

and this is valid, its one and the same ?

background(Math.floor(Math.random()*256));

What does the lesson mean when it says the draw() function isn’t explicitly called. That it’s built in. But If I were to delete that function my code probably wouldn’t be run. So just because it’s part of the boilerplate, it’s still being explicitly called. or what am I not understanding?

EDIT: I discovered the answer to my own question on the very next lesson. The answer is that you define the setup and draw function, but you don’t have to call it. P5 runs it automatically. LOL at myself.