// NYU ITP

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// Array of words

let words = [];

​

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// Variable to hold the random string being built

let str = '';

​

// Paragraph element to hold the text

let p;

​

function preload() {

  loadStrings('turkey.txt', process);

}

​

function setup() {

  createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight);

  p = createP();

}

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function draw() {

  // Draw next word every half second

  if (frameCount % 30 == 1) {

    // Add another word to the string and a whitespace

    str += random(words) + ' ';

    // Update paragraph element

    p.html(str);    

  }

}

​

function process(lines) {

  // Go line by line by value

  for (let line of lines) {

    // Turn each line into an array of words

    let tokens = splitTokens(line);

    // Add it to 1 big array

    words = words.concat(tokens);

  }

  // Go word by word, by index

  // Clean up each word

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

    let word = words[w];

    // Remove punctuation

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

    // Make it all lowercase

    word = word.toLowerCase();

    // Get rid of whitespace around the word

    word = word.trim();

    // If nothing is left, get rid of it

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

    // Otherwise put cleaned up word back in array

    else words[w] = word;

  }

}