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When updating PIXI.Text do I have to remove it and create again. I've read the docs but couldn't find another way. Am I missing sth? Like we can just use clear() for updating a rectangle.

My issue here is I'm trying to create a countdown timer using fonts and styling of my choice but I don't know how to update the text variable. I want to call the addChild method once and have the value of that string updated in a function. The only way I can see the updated countdown is with the addChild method but at the moment that leaves duplicate copies of the object on the screen. The render does not clear the canvas even though I read in the documentation it's set to do that by default. I tried two methods to get the desired results: var countdown = new PIXI.Text( days+" days "+hours+" hours " +minutes+" minutes "+seconds+" seconds ",timerStyle); countdown.updateText(); timerContainer.addChild(countdown) //tried a second method and that was use to create a sprite from the text textSprite = new PIXI.Sprite(countdown.texture); timerContainer.addChild(textSprite); I did some extensive google searching and I learned that you need to use the function .updateText(); in order for the text variable to actually update. I thought this would work but it does nothing to change the string value on the screen. I have also tried to declare and add the countdown variable to the stage, outside the function but the text does not update. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.