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const planets = 50; // amount of planets. If too many planets vs separation vs space, while loop does not end

const dmin = 60; // minimum distance to avoid overlap

const randomLine = 0.05; // value between 0.1-1.0. The amount is proportional of the chance of a line being drawn. So that not all planets are connecting to all other planets.

let posx = [];

let posy = [];

​

let counter = 0;

let xt;

let yt;

​

function setup() {

  // createCanvas(1584, 396);

  createCanvas(600, 600);

  background(255);

​

  // draw border

  // fill(255);

  // strokeWeight(0.5);

  // stroke(0);

  // square(48, 48, 404);

  // square(50, 50, 400);

​

  fill(0);

  stroke(0);

​

  // for (let i = 0; i < width; i = i + 100) {

  //   circle(i, 0, 5);

  //   circle(0, i, 5);

  // }

​

  // initial node

  // posx.push(0);

  // posy.push(0);

​

  for (let p = 0; p < planets; p++) {

    print("planet: " + p);

​

    while (counter < planets) {

      // aestethic random nodes outside borders

      let rx = random(-200, 800);

      let ry = random(-200, 800);

      checkDistance(rx, ry);

    }

  }

​

  print("planets: " + posx.length);

}

​

function draw() {

  // background(220);

}

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function checkDistance(rx, ry) {

  print("rx,ry: " + rx, ry);

  // print("checkDistance called");

  for (let j = 0; j < posx.length; j++) {

    print("j: " + j + " length: " + posx.length);

    let d = dist(rx, ry, posx[j], posy[j]);

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    print("distance: " + d);

    if (d < dmin) {

      print("distance < dmin, start over with new random coord. ");

      return true; // if not conditional, will always return after j=0

    } else {

      if (random(0, 1) < randomLine) {

        strokeWeight(random(0.2, 3));

        line(rx, ry, posx[j], posy[j]);

      }

    }

  }

  //    if condition is never true ( < dmin) then = false, then add coordinates

  counter++;

  posx.push(rx);

  posy.push(ry);

  circle(rx, ry, random(4, 60));

  return false;

}

​

function keyPressed() {

  saveCanvas("Networkism00", "png");

}

​