# Text Randomizer
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [August 26, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509 "2020-08-26T20:10:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/21 "2020-08-29T15:17:53Z")
Hello,
The snippet of code I provided was a simplified example of drawing a grid (with your code) and I added the k which counts from 0 to 8.
You can access a 9 element array with this. This is what I did with an array which could also be shuffled.
I am not working on fixing your code and only offering insights that may lead to a solution for you.
Observations:
- You did not use fill() before circle.
- Random is in the draw() cycle and will change every cycle; consider putting it in setup() for now for testing and run your code for new random values each time.
I used shuffle() and it worked. It seems you are trying to write a custom shuffle() routine which is achievable with some effort.
Slow things down to see what is happening with a frameRate(1)
All the resources are here:
[https://p5js.org/](https://p5js.org/)
`:)`
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### Author:  [@Rohitsharma](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rohitsharma)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/22 "2020-08-29T16:38:36Z")
Here is the final output. Thank you @glv @Hyperion65 for helping me out.
Here is the [code](https://editor.p5js.org/Rohit/sketches/SBo4u0VYF): what do you guys think ?
Thank you again!! π
```auto
var letters = ["T", "H", "E"];
var rows = 3;
var columns = 3;
function setup() {
createCanvas(600, 600);
background(65, 157, 239);
stepX = width / columns;
stepY = height / rows;
//text attributes
textSize(120);
fill(255);
textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
//for loop to iterate rows
var thisStepX = stepX / 2 + i * stepX;
var thisStepY = stepY / 2 + i * stepY;
//random
var r = round(random(2));
text(letters[i], stepX / 2 + i * stepX, stepY / 2 + r * stepY);
}
function draw() {
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/23 "2020-08-29T16:59:00Z")
Hello,
It is not random as per your first post but still cool as is.
Your implementation as is seems to work so far and much cleaner. `:)`
I really had to think about what you were doing!
```auto
print(i, r, stepX / 2 + i * stepX, stepY / 2 + r * stepY);
```
`:)`
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### Author:  [@Rohitsharma](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rohitsharma)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/24 "2020-08-29T19:53:29Z")
Hello @glv Thank you. yes its not very random, it is wither horizontal or vertical as suggested by @Hyperion65. I am trying to figure it out to make it a bit more random, but then making it even more random is going to lose its legibility. Its that bit that I am struggling with. However I do want to try to get a even more random version of it, just to compare both the designs. working on it now.
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### Author:  [@Hyperion65](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Hyperion65)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/25 "2020-08-29T20:06:30Z")
yes its great π random yet still recognizable
if you replace the values at i \< 3 and random(2) with βrowβ you can use any length of words to fit.
I took the liberty to add this:
make a random before starting the loop
forking the text line, you will have horizontal and vertical randomly.
```auto
var hv = round(random(1));
...
if (hv == 0) text(letters[i], stepX / 2 + i * stepX, stepY / 2 + r * stepY);
if (hv == 1) text(letters[i], stepX / 2 + r * stepX, stepY / 2 + i * stepY);
```
well done π
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### Author:  [@Rohitsharma](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rohitsharma)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/26 "2020-08-29T20:30:08Z")
Yes, Thanks for your input. It helped me a lot in understanding the nuts and bolts of it. I have expanded it to a bigger grid and exploring how it can be pushed further!! π
I do get this overlap sometimes, which I am trying to fix.
Thank again for your guidance. Much appreciated.
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### Author:  [@Rohitsharma](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rohitsharma)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/27 "2020-08-29T20:34:37Z")
I see what the problem is here π§ π§. Working on it now
Ahhh Found it. Sorry I completely missed to remove the random value. One instead of two. π π or maybe not. π€
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### Author:  [@Hyperion65](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Hyperion65)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/28 "2020-08-30T08:16:42Z")
it is because you put the random for hv **inside** the loop. so it can happen that the same field is selected. put it outside π
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### Author:  [@Rohitsharma](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Rohitsharma)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/29 "2020-08-30T10:24:55Z")
Thank you. I did try that, the complete randomness just makes it harder to distinguish the word. Much prefer it when it reads horizontally or vertically!!
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### Author:  [@Hyperion65](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Hyperion65)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-randomizer/23509/30 "2020-08-31T20:28:00Z")
yes, in that case the random number should be depending on the previous random value.
so the first time it is random(number of cells)
if it is at 7 (e.g.) then the next random should be 7Β± random(2) or another small value
then you will get something like 7,5,6,9,8,5,β¦
and not 7,0,8,2,3,9,1,5
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