# Is there a way stop the function "windowResized" to rerun the "draw"?
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-way-stop-the-function-windowresized-to-rerun-the-draw/32995
**Category:** Beginners
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-way-stop-the-function-windowresized-to-rerun-the-draw/32995 "2021-10-22T02:30:38Z")
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### Author:  [@animanoir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/animanoir)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-way-stop-the-function-windowresized-to-rerun-the-draw/32995/1 "2021-10-22T02:30:39Z")
Each time the windows is resized, the responsive function works as intended, but redrawing the canvas so all the sketch and its variables are recalculated.
I simply want to position words in a random way through out the window.
```auto
console.log('experimentsTitles.js is loaded.')
let titlesArray = ['1', '2','3', '4']
function setup() {
createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight);
}
function draw() {
clear()
for(let i = 0; i<= titlesArray.length - 1; i++){
let titleA = createA('/', titlesArray[i], '_blank')
titleA.style('font-size', '5rem')
titleA.style('text-decoration', 'none')
titleA.position(random(width), random(height))
}
noLoop()
}
function windowResized() {
resizeCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight)
}
```
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### Author:  [@micuat](https://discourse.processing.org/u/micuat)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-way-stop-the-function-windowresized-to-rerun-the-draw/32995/2 "2021-10-22T07:06:27Z")
Hi! I see 2 problems here. One is that `createA` is not drawing on canvas but creates an HTML tag independent from the canvas. So, even if you `clear`, these tags remain and thatโs why you see the characters multiplying.
The second issue is that `random` is always random ๐
I think the straightforward way is to store these random x,y in an array at `setup` - perhaps you want to generate random numbers between 0-1 and scale by `width` or `height`, because literally these values change after the window is resized. Another way, which is easier but less flexible is to use `randomSeed`. This function makes sure that every time `random` is called, it will return the same values in order. I provide you with the latter solution, but I highly suggest you to try the first solution ๐
```javascript
console.log('experimentsTitles.js is loaded.')
let titlesArray = ['1', '2','3', '4']
let titleAs = [];
function setup() {
createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight);
randomSeed(7);
for(let i = 0; i<= titlesArray.length - 1; i++){
let titleA = createA('/', titlesArray[i], '_blank')
titleA.style('font-size', '5rem')
titleA.style('text-decoration', 'none')
titleA.position(random() * width, random() * height)
titleAs.push(titleA)
}
}
function windowResized() {
resizeCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight)
randomSeed(7);
for(let i = 0; i<= titleAs.length - 1; i++){
let titleA = titleAs[i];
titleA.position(random() * width, random() * height)
}
}
```
[https://editor.p5js.org/micuat/sketches/mt1re7T3d](https://editor.p5js.org/micuat/sketches/mt1re7T3d)
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### Author:  [@animanoir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/animanoir)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-way-stop-the-function-windowresized-to-rerun-the-draw/32995/3 "2021-10-22T16:23:18Z")
Thank you very much! Learned a lot from this.