albums.js

function gettingData(){
  var txt;
  var httpGetter = new XMLHttpRequest();
  httpGetter.open("GET","file:///Users/jackbonadies/lastFMtop50/listOfFiles.txt",false);
  httpGetter.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if(httpGetter.readyState === 4){
      if(httpGetter.status === 200 | httpGetter.status === 0){
        var rawText = httpGetter.responseText;
        txt = rawText;
        return txt;
      }
    }
  }
  httpGetter.send(null);
  return txt; //return has to be here as well!!!
}
function processData(data){
  var allTextLines = data.split(/\r\n|\n/);
  for (var i=0;i<allTextLines.length;i++){
    console.log(allTextLines[i]);
  }
  return allTextLines;
};
function galleryGenerator(txt){
  for (var i=0;i<txt.length;i++){
    $("#top50").append("<img src=./top50images/" + txt[i] + ">");
    if(i%7==6){$("#top50").append("<br>");};
    if(i==48){break;};
  }
};