Help with random text

GianmariaVernetti

Hi everyone, I am working on an installation based on visual and texts. I would like to extract random quotes from a txt file and show them for a fixed time (eg. 5 seconds) but I am having some trouble. Here is the part of code related to the issue. Thanks in advance!

PFont f;

//Database variables String[] lines; int index = 0;

void setup() { size(800, 800, P3D); noStroke(); frameRate(30); f = createFont("AmericanTypewriter", 16, true);

lines = loadStrings("OBLQ.txt");

}

void draw() { background(230);

//Database if (index < lines.length) { String[] pieces = split(lines[index], " "); if (pieces.length == 2) { int x = int(pieces[' ']) ; int y = int(pieces[1]) ;

println(x); index = index + 1;

//HERE IS WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO INSERT THE TEXT();

} } //Loop database if(index > 20) { index = 0;

} }

Chrisir

PFont f;

//Database variables 
String[] lines={"sdfds", "asdvfd", "sdfgsad", "qqqq", "wwwww"}; 
int index = 0;
int startTime;

float xPos;

void setup() { 
  size(800, 800, P3D); 
  noStroke(); 
  frameRate(30); 
  f = createFont("AmericanTypewriter", 16, true);

  // lines = loadStrings("OBLQ.txt");


  index=int(random(lines.length));
  xPos=random(width);
  startTime=millis();
  background(230);
}

void draw() { 
  background(230);



  fill(0);
  text(lines[index], xPos, 100); 


  if (millis() > startTime+1000) {
    index=int(random(lines.length));
    xPos=random(width);
    startTime=millis();
  }
}

Chrisir

you need this

  textFont(f);  

GianmariaVernetti

Thank you so much Chrisir! Have a nice day!