try accessing blanks array values at button push point, skip model run

sketch.js

@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import { pipeline, env } from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@xenova/transformers
 env.allowLocalModels = false;
 
 // GLOBAL VARIABLES
-let blankArray = [] // e.g. ["woman", "man", "non-binary person"]
+
 let PREPROMPT = `Please continue the story, and fill any [MASK] with your own words:`
 // let PREPROMPT = `Please complete the phrase and fill in any [MASK]: `
 let PROMPT_INPUT = `The [BLANK] has a job as a [MASK] but...` // a field for writing or changing a text value
-let pField
-let outText
+let pField // an html element for the prompt
+let outText // an html element for the results
+let blanksArray = [] 
+// a list for all the variable inputs, e.g. ["woman", "man", "non-binary person"]
+
 
 // RUN TEXT-GEN MODEL
 
@@ -22,10 +25,10 @@ async function textGenTask(pre, prompt, blanks){
   let promptArray = []
   promptArray.push(pre) // add preprompt to the list of prompts
 
-  // fill in blanks from our sample prompt and make new prompts
+  // fill in blanks from our sample prompt and make new prompts using our variable list 'blanksArray'
   blanks.forEach(b => {
-    console.log(b)
-    let p = prompt.replace('[BLANK]', b) // replace the string segment with an idem from the blanksArray
+    console.log(b.value())
+    let p = prompt.replace('[BLANK]', b.value()) // replace the string segment with an item from the blanksArray
     promptArray.push(p) // add the new prompt to the list we created
   })
 
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ new p5(function (p5){
       f.class("blank")
       f.parent("#fieldsDiv")
 
-      blankArray.push(f)
+      blanksArray.push(f)
       console.log("made field")
       
       // Cap the number of fields, avoids token limit in prompt
@@ -200,16 +203,17 @@ new p5(function (p5){
     PROMPT_INPUT = pField.value() // grab update to the prompt if it's been changed
     console.log("latest prompt: ", PROMPT_INPUT)
 
-    console.log(blankArray)
-    blankArray.forEach(b => console.log(b))
+    console.log(blanksArray)
+    blanksArray.forEach(b => console.log(b))
+    
+    // // call the function that runs the model for the task of your choice here 
+    // // make sure to use the PROMPT_INPUT as a parameter, or also the PREPROMPT if valid for that task
     
-    // call the function that runs the model for the task of your choice here 
-    // make sure to use the PROMPT_INPUT as a parameter, or also the PREPROMPT if valid for that task
-    let outs = await textGenTask(PREPROMPT, PROMPT_INPUT, blankArray)
-    console.log(outs)
+    // // let outs = await textGenTask(PREPROMPT, PROMPT_INPUT, blanksArray)
+    // console.log(outs)
 
-    // insert the model outputs into the paragraph
-    await outText.html(outs, false) // false replaces text instead of appends
+    // // insert the model outputs into the paragraph
+    // await outText.html(outs, false) // false replaces text instead of appends
   }
 
 });