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  1. korbul revised this gist Oct 30, 2017. 1 changed file with 8 additions and 0 deletions.
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    public static class TextScrambler {

    /// <summary>
    /// Transition from one text to another over time
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="monoBehaviour"></param>
    /// <param name="initial">text to transition from</param>
    /// <param name="final">text to transition to</param>
    /// <param name="time">time in seconds to transition</param>
    /// <param name="assignFunction">assign the output to your text. example: (result)=>{myText.text = result;}</param>
    public static void Scramble(this MonoBehaviour monoBehaviour, string initial, string final, float time, Action<string> assignFunction)
    {
    monoBehaviour.StartCoroutine(ScrambleCoroutine(initial, final, time, assignFunction));
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  7. korbul created this gist Oct 30, 2017.
    57 changes: 57 additions & 0 deletions TextScrambler.cs
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    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Text;
    using UnityEngine;

    public static class TextScrambler {

    public static void Scramble(this MonoBehaviour monoBehaviour, string initial, string final, float time, Action<string> assignFunction)
    {
    monoBehaviour.StartCoroutine(ScrambleCoroutine(initial, final, time, assignFunction));
    }

    private static IEnumerator ScrambleCoroutine(string initial, string final, float time, Action<string> assignFunction)
    {
    string bigger = initial.Length > final.Length ? initial : final;
    var waitTime = new WaitForSeconds(time / bigger.Length);
    List<int> positions = new List<int>(bigger.Length);
    for (int i = 0; i < bigger.Length; i++)
    {
    positions.Add(i);
    }
    StringBuilder stringBuilderInitial = new StringBuilder(initial);

    while(positions.Count > 0)
    {
    int posIdx = UnityEngine.Random.Range(0, positions.Count);
    int pos = positions[posIdx];
    if(pos < stringBuilderInitial.Length)
    {
    if(pos < final.Length)
    {
    stringBuilderInitial[pos] = final[pos];
    }
    else
    {
    stringBuilderInitial.Remove(pos, 1);
    if(posIdx < positions.Count - 1)
    {
    for (int i = posIdx + 1; i < positions.Count; i++)
    {
    positions[i]--;
    }
    }
    }
    }
    else
    {
    stringBuilderInitial.Append(' ', pos + 1 - stringBuilderInitial.Length);
    stringBuilderInitial[pos] = final[pos];
    }
    positions.RemoveAt(posIdx);
    assignFunction(stringBuilderInitial.ToString());
    yield return waitTime;
    }
    }
    }