# Storing data like a cookie?

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/storing-data-like-a-cookie/15258
**Category:** Project Guidance
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/storing-data-like-a-cookie/15258 "2019-11-05T18:31:37Z")
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### Author: ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/storing-data-like-a-cookie/15258/2 "2019-11-05T18:56:30Z")

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> [@KeirMeDear](#):
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> How would you go about holding data in a P5 sketch online if someone came back to it later.

> [@Creating and Populating a Table From Scratch](https://discourse.processing.org/t/creating-and-populating-a-table-from-scratch/12658/3):
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> I’ve made a sketch that stores and reads an array of CSV row strings from the browser’s local storage using storeItem() & getItem() respectively; then converts that array to p5.TableRow objects; and finally use p5.Table::addRow() to populate a p5.Table container: card_index_dividers[http://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/getItem](http://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/getItem)[http://p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Table/addRow](http://p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Table/addRow) Each mouse click adds a new p5.TableRow to the p5.Table container, updating the browser’s local storage as well. …

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