# Replace the current text with new text
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/replace-the-current-text-with-new-text/25565
**Category:** Processing.py
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/replace-the-current-text-with-new-text/25565 "2020-11-20T15:01:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@cornedb2](https://discourse.processing.org/u/cornedb2)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/replace-the-current-text-with-new-text/25565/1 "2020-11-20T15:01:29Z")
Hello,
How can I update the current text in the `text()`, now every time it will make a new `text()` element.
Code:
```auto
x = 0
def setup():
size(500, 500)
def draw():
global x
text(str(x), 10, 10)
x += 1
```
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### Author:  [@villares](https://discourse.processing.org/u/villares)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/replace-the-current-text-with-new-text/25565/2 "2020-11-20T15:10:24Z")
Hi @cornedb2!
I’m not sure I understad you correctly, but I think you might be missing the frame “clean up”, try using `background()` like this:
```auto
x = 0
def setup():
size(500, 500)
def draw():
global x
background(200) # ops! GoToLoop saw I've misspelled it as blackground
text(str(x), 10, 10)
x += 1
```
Another idea is just to draw a small no-stroke rectangle, with the same color as the background, where the new text will be placed, so as to “clean” the pixels for it.
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/replace-the-current-text-with-new-text/25565/3 "2020-11-20T19:47:50Z")
> [@cornedb2](#):
>
> `text(str(x), 10, 10)`
Function **text()** also accepts a number as its 1st parameter: 🤓
> **[text() / Reference](https://processing.org/reference/text_.html)**
>
> Draws text to the screen. Displays the information specified in the first parameter on the screen in the position specified by the additional parameters. A default font will be used unless a font is s…
So there’s no need to convert it to a string: `text(x, 10, 10)` 😉
> [@villares](#):
>
> `blackground(200)`
A small mistype there: `background(200)` 🤭