Make each word within a list appear and then disappear in Processing

Question

I'm completely new to Processing, very enthusiastic, but really stumped at the first hurdle. I really appreciate the fact that this is surely very basic stuff, but would be so happy if anyone could give me a hand to move on a bit.

I'm looking for a way to input a long-ish list of words which will then display one by one, with each appearing for 1 second and then disappearing.

I've found a way to print a whole sentence and have words disappear individually, and tried the below which seems to work a little better. The problem with this is I can't work out how to add more words to the loop, it seems to only consider one against the other. Is there an entirely different approach I can take?

Many thanks, this is where I'm up to

String Carol = "Carol";
String Charlotte = "Charlotte";
String Ellen = "Ellen";
String displayed ="";

int interval = 1000; // s
int time;

PFont font;

void setup() {
size(500, 500);
font = createFont("arial", 44);
background(0);
displayed = Carol;
time = millis();
textFont(font);
fill(255);
}

void draw() {
background(0);
text(displayed, width/2 - textWidth(displayed)/2, height/2);

if (millis() - interval > time) {
displayed = displayed.equals(Carol)? Charlotte:Carol;
time  = millis();

Answer 1

Stack Overflow isn't really designed for general "how do I do this" type questions. It's for specific "I tried X, expected Y, but got Z instead" type questions. But I'll try to help in a general sense.

You need to break your problem down into smaller steps and then take those steps on one at a time. For example, can you write a simple example program that just shows a single hard-coded string? Now can you make it so the string disappears after 1 second? Then try to add a second hard-coded string that appears after the first one.

Then if you get stuck, you can post a MCVE along with a specific technical question. Good luck.

Hint: You can probably use the millis() function or the frameCount variable. The Processing reference is your friend. But again, start simple and work your way forward in small incremental steps!