​

function preload(){

  strings = loadStrings("premier_league.csv")

}

​

function setup() {

  createCanvas(500, 400);

  background(235);

​

  // Did we succeed to load anything?

  if (strings == null) {

    print("failed to load the file, stopping here");

​

    // this is an endless loop; it's a common way

    // to prevent a program from continuing when

    // something is so wrong that there is no sense

    // in continuing

    while (true) {}

  }

​

  print("strings loaded from file successfully, read " + strings.length + "lines"

  );

}