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# init(columns:rows:sourcePositions:destinationPositions:)

Creates a warp geometry grid of a specific size and warp translation, in point arrays.

```
convenience init(columns: Int, rows: Int, sourcePositions: [SIMD2<Float>] = [SIMD2<Float>](), destinationPositions: [SIMD2<Float>] = [SIMD2<Float>]())
```

## Parameters

`columns`

The number of columns in the grid.

`rows`

The number of rows in the grid.

`sourcePositions`

Optionally included array of the grid’s source warp positions.

`destinationPositions`

Optionally included array of the grid’s destination warp positions.

## Return Value

A new warp geometry grid object.

## Discussion

You supply the source and destination position as row-major arrays of normalized <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/simd/vector_float2> coordinates. The number of horizontal coordinates is the column count plus one and the number of vertical coordinates is the row count plus one. Passing `nil` as either of the position arguments results in an identity warp with vertices distributed evenly throughout the geometry. Passing `nil` to both `sourcePositions` and `destPositions` gives a result identical to [`init(columns:rows:)`](/documentation/SpriteKit/SKWarpGeometryGrid/init(columns:rows:)).

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