Workshop › Typing Rain › Step 13 of 33

Letter by letter

What we are doing

After locking on, every letter must be the next one of the target. A wrong letter is ignored. When the whole word is typed, it disappears and the lock is free again.

```js
if (target.text[typed] !== key) return
typed += 1
if (typed === target.text.length) {
  words = words.filter((w) => w !== target)
  target = null
}
```

What it means

• target.text[typed] is the next letter to type; if the key is different (!==), stop.
• Otherwise one more letter is done. When typed equals the word's length, the word is removed from the list and target goes back to null.

Your turn

In type, after the if (!target) { ... } block, write the new lines.

Skills: Game states

← Listen to the keyboard Half a word in yellow →

All steps

1. A sky for the words
2. The ground
3. A word on the canvas
4. A function that draws
5. A list of words
6. Make them fall
7. The game loop
8. A new word from the list
9. Let it rain
10. Gone past the ground
11. Lock on to a word
12. Listen to the keyboard
13. Letter by letter
14. Half a word in yellow
15. Let go of a lost word
16. Lives
17. Hearts
18. Score
19. Out of lives
20. Freeze the game
21. The game over panel
22. Play again
23. Levels
24. Faster and faster
25. Best score
26. Accuracy
27. Words per minute
28. Your speed at the end
29. Where the keys go
30. Draw the keyboard
31. Light up the next key
32. Tap the keys
33. Build it yourself: change your mind