[Tom Stanton]

dredging this one up from the depths, but does anyone have a way to complete this effect with the characters resolving at random, rather than right to left? I’ve been trying to make it work for a while and it’s currently beyond me.

Thanks in advance!

choices = "QAZWSXEDCRFVTGBYHNUJMIKOLP";

str = "this is my string";

tStart = 1; //time at which the animation starts

tStop = 2.4; //time at which the animation stop

cps = 0; // characters per second

if (time < tStart){

seed = Math.floor(time*cps);

seedRandom(seed,true);

s = "";

for (i = 0; i < str.length; i++){

idx1 = Math.floor(random(choices.length));

s += choices[idx1];

}

}

else if (time >= tStart && time < tStop){

seed = Math.floor(time*cps);

seedRandom(seed,true);

s = "";

sRand = "";

for (i = 0; i < str.length; i++){

idx1 = Math.floor(random(choices.length));

idx2 = Math.floor(linear(time,tStart,tStop,0,1)*str.length);

sRand += choices[idx1];

s = str.substr(0,idx2) + sRand.substr(idx2,str.length);

}

}else{

s = str;

}

s