let p; // 2 declare variable called p to hold paragraph element

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

​

function preload() { // 4 preload text files 

  loadStrings('bang.txt', process);//1

}

​

function setup() {

  noCanvas();//16  remove canvas

  p = createP(); // 17 create a paragraph element and assign it p

}

​

function draw() {

  if(frameCount%30 ==0) { //18 every 30 frame

    let next_word = random(words); //19 pick a random word out of the word array

    str +=  next_word + ' '; //20 add next word and space to str variable

    p.html(str);   //21   

  }

}

​

function process(lines) { // 5 turning the text into individual words

  for(let ln of lines) { // 6 iterate each line of the text files

    let tokens = splitTokens(ln); // 7 split the line into word units

    words = words.concat(tokens); //8 add tokens to the words array as individual words

  }

  for(let w = words.length - 1; w >=0; w--) { // 9 loop through words backwards

    let word = words[w]; // 10 get me the words stored at index w in the words array, assign it to a variable called words

    word = word.replace(/[\-_!?.,;:\(\)]/g, ''); // 11 take the word, replace any punctutation with blank space

    word = word.toLowerCase(); // 12 replace upper with lower

    word = word.trim(); // 13 get rid of white space

    if(word.length < 1) words.splice(w, 1); // 14 if empty word, remove it from the array

    else words[w] = word; // 

  }

}