let words = []; //1. creating an empty array

let p; //2. declare a variable p to hold the paragraph element

let str = ''; //3. declare string variables and initialize with an empty string

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function preload() { //4. preload txt file and calls process

  loadStrings('bang.txt', process); //load the text file and after it finished ~~

}

​

function setup() {

  noCanvas(); //no background

  p = createP(); // creating a paragraph element

}

​

function draw() {

  if(frameCount%30 ==0) { //0.5seconds

    let next_word = random(words); //select a random word

    str +=  next_word + ' '; //add next words

    p.html(str); //print the upadated strings 

  }

}

​

function process(lines) { //5. turning the text into individuak

  for(let ln of lines) { //5. iterate through each lines in the text file

    let tokens = splitTokens(ln); //6. split the line into word units stored in an array

    words = words.concat(tokens); //7. add tokens to the words array as individual words

  }

  for(let w = words.length - 1; w >=0; w--) { //8. loop through the words backwards

    let word = words[w]; //9. get me the words stored at index w in the words array, assign it to a variable called words

    word = word.replace(/[\-_!?.,;:\(\)]/g, ''); //10. replace punctuation with nothing

    word = word.toLowerCase(); //11. take the word, lowercase it and assign it back to word

    word = word.trim(); //12. take the word, get rid of whitespace before/after and assign it back to word

    if(word.length < 1) words.splice(w, 1); //13. if empty word, 

    else words[w] = word; //If the word is valid, save back into the words array at its original position.

  }

}