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title: Creating a Shape Node from an Array of Points
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# Creating a Shape Node from an Array of Points

Create jagged or smooth shapes from the same array of points.

## Overview

Overview An SKShapeNode object can be initialized with an array of points describing a path. The init(splinePoints:count:) method can smoothly interpolate between these points to create a curve rather than the series of straight lines created by init(points:count:). The following Swift code shows how to create two shape nodes using the same array of points for both initializers. var points = [CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0),                              CGPoint(x: 100, y: 100),                              CGPoint(x: 200, y: -50),                              CGPoint(x: 300, y: 30),                              CGPoint(x: 400, y: 20)]          let linearShapeNode = SKShapeNode(points: &points,                                                                      count: points.count)           let splineShapeNode = SKShapeNode(splinePoints: &points,                                                                      count: points.count) The following image shows linearShapeNode in blue and splineShapeNode in red.

## See Also

### Creating a Shape from an Array of Points

- [init(points:count:)](spritekit/skshapenode/init(points:count:).md)
- [init(splinePoints:count:)](spritekit/skshapenode/init(splinepoints:count:).md)