Inspired by Frieder Nake's Zufälliger Polygonzug – 13/9/65 Nr. 7 (Random Polygon (1965) and A. Michael Noll's Gaussian-Quadratic (1963)

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//define initial variables

let startX;

let startY;

let endX;

let endY;

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let num = 0;

let total = 40;

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//setup function init

function setup() {

//canvassize set to match window size

  createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight);

//set background to black

  background(0);

//set outline to white

  stroke(255);

//set outline width to 2

  strokeWeight(2);

//call functions for getting starting and ending points of line

  getStartPoint();

  getEndPoint();

}

//init draw loop

function draw() {

//init while loop. runs until num reaches total.

  while (num < total) {

//create line with vars

    line(startX, startY, endX, endY);

//change start points to the previous end points

    startX = endX;

    startY = endY;

//function to find new end points

    getEndPoint();

//add 1 to num

    num++;

  }

}

//init find start point function

function getStartPoint() {

//set start x to random between 10 and end of canvas - 10

  startX = random(10, width - 10);

//set start y to random between 10 and end of canvas - 10

  startY = random(10, height - 10);

}

//init find end point function

function getEndPoint() {

//set end x to random between 10 and end of canvas - 10

  endX = random(10, width - 10);

//set end y to random between 10 and end of canvas - 10

  endY = random(10, height - 10);

}