// Theme and Variation Assignment #1b 
// Vizualing Data. ITP Fall 2009
// Angela Chen

Spiral[] spirals; 
Jetty[] jetties;

//lets map the characters of the string to rectangle variable? 
int numObj = 12;
String myString = "ABCDNOP";


void setup() {
  size(900,600);
  background(0);
  stroke(255);
  smooth(); 
  fill(0);

float xLoc = myString.length();
float myxLoc = map(xLoc, 0, 200, 0, width);


  spirals = new Spiral[numObj];  //populating the array
  for (int i=0; i < numObj; i++) { //for the numSpiral specified
    //spirals[i] = new Spiral(random(150), random(200));  //create a new object
   spirals[i] = new Spiral(width/2, height/2);  //create a new object
    //spirals[i] = new Spiral(i*200+100,i*100+100);  //create a new object
  }
  jetties = new Jetty[numObj];
  for (int j=0; j<numObj; j++) {
   //jetties[j] = new Jetty(random(100,700), random(150,650));
    jetties[j] = new Jetty(myxLoc, random(50,550));
}

  
}

void draw() { 
  if(myString.length() <= 50) 
    for (int i=0; i < numObj; i++) {  //looping through the array to access each spiral
      //spirals[i].display();
      jetties[i].grow();   
    }  else {
        for (int i=0; i < numObj; i++) {  
      spirals[i].display();
      spirals[i].pnt();
      
        }
  }


  /*
  index++;
   if (index >=myString.length() ) 
   index = 0;
   char myChar = myString.charAt(index);
   int myCharInt = (int) myChar;
   
   for (int i =0; i < numSpiral; i++) {
   if (i % myCharInt > 0) 
   spirals[i].shade();
   }
   */


}