let words = [];    //creating an empty array 'words'

​

    //2. Declare a variable p to hold paragraph element 

let p;             //naming a variable P 

​

    //3. Declare string variable and initialize with an empty string

let str = '';      //creating an empty string

​

​

    //4. pre-load text file and call process when it's done

function preload() {    //preloading function

    //load the text file and after it's completed run process  

  loadStrings('bang.txt', process);  

}

​

function setup() {

  //15. don't draw canvas

  noCanvas();          //no background

  //16. create a paragraph element and assign it to p

  p = createP();        //creating paragraph element 

}

​

function draw() {

  //17. every 30 frames (0.5s)

  if(frameCount%30 ==0) {              //every 0.5s,

    //pick a random word out of the words array and assign it to next_word

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

    //add next word and space to str variable

    str +=  next_word + ' ';           //add next word into string?

    //update the html element with the entire text

    p.html(str);                       //print the updated string

  }

}

​

    //5. turning text into individual words

function process(lines) {

  console.log

    //5. iterate through each line of the text

  for(let ln of lines) {            //run through each line in the text

    //6. split into words units and store as an array

    let tokens = splitTokens(ln);   //

    //7. Add token into the words array as indivudal words

    words = words.concat(tokens);   //

  }

    //8. Loop through words backwards;

  for(let w = words.length - 1; w >=0; w--) {

    //9. Get words stored at index w, assigned it to a variable called word

    let word = words[w];

    //10. replace punctuations with nothing and assign it to word

    word = word.replace(/[\-_!?.,;:\(\)]/g, '');

    //11. take word, lower case, and assign it to word

    word = word.toLowerCase();

    //12. take word, get rid of whitespace before/after and assign it back to word

    word = word.trim();

    //13. if empty word, remove it from the array

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

    //14. otherwise assign back to the array at index w

    else words[w] = word;

  }

}