How to create infinite loop of Shuffle Text Effect using following code. It stops after animation is finished. How to start again when first loop of animation is completed?
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.3.min.js"></script>
<div id="container">text</div>
main script
/**
* @name Shuffle Letters
* @author Martin Angelov
* @version 1.0
* @url http://tutorialzine.com/2011/09/shuffle-letters-effect-jquery/
* @license MIT License
*/
(function($){
$.fn.shuffleLetters = function(prop){
var options = $.extend({
"step" : 10, // How many times should the letters be changed
"fps" : 35, // Frames Per Second
"text" : "", // Use this text instead of the contents
"callback" : function(){} // Run once the animation is complete
},prop)
return this.each(function(){
var el = $(this),
str = "";
// Preventing parallel animations using a flag;
if(el.data('animated')){
return true;
}
el.data('animated',true);
if(options.text) {
str = options.text.split('');
}
else {
str = el.text().split('');
}
// The types array holds the type for each character;
// Letters holds the positions of non-space characters;
var types = [],
letters = [];
// Looping through all the chars of the string
for(var i=0;i<str.length;i++){
var ch = str[i];
if(ch == " "){
types[i] = "space";
continue;
}
else if(/[a-z]/.test(ch)){
types[i] = "lowerLetter";
}
else if(/[A-Z]/.test(ch)){
types[i] = "upperLetter";
}
else {
types[i] = "symbol";
}
letters.push(i);
}
el.html("");
// Self executing named function expression:
(function shuffle(start){
// This code is run options.fps times per second
// and updates the contents of the page element
var i,
len = letters.length,
strCopy = str.slice(0); // Fresh copy of the string
if(start>len){
// The animation is complete. Updating the
// flag and triggering the callback;
el.data('animated',false);
options.callback(el);
return;
}
// All the work gets done here
for(i=Math.max(start,0); i < len; i++){
// The start argument and options.step limit
// the characters we will be working on at once
if( i < start+options.step){
// Generate a random character at thsi position
strCopy[letters[i]] = randomChar(types[letters[i]]);
}
else {
strCopy[letters[i]] = "";
}
}
el.text(strCopy.join(""));
setTimeout(function(){
shuffle(start+1);
},1000/options.fps);
})(-options.step);
});
};
function randomChar(type){
var pool = "";
if (type == "lowerLetter"){
pool = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
}
else if (type == "upperLetter"){
pool = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
}
else if (type == "symbol"){
pool = ",.?/\\(^)![]{}*&^%$#'\"";
}
var arr = pool.split('');
return arr[Math.floor(Math.random()*arr.length)];
}
})(jQuery);
script
$(function(){
// container is the DOM element;
// userText is the textbox
var container = $("#container")
userText = $('#userText');
// Shuffle the contents of container
container.shuffleLetters();
// Leave a 4 second pause
setTimeout(function(){
// Shuffle the container with custom text
container.shuffleLetters({
"text": "Test it for yourself!"
});
},1000);
});
