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wordcloud2 help required

I have downloaded wordcloud2.js to create my own word cloud (attached)

The included documentation is 'scant' to say the least

I have a page with the code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
	<style type="text/css">
	.wordcloud {
		float: left;
		position: relative;
		width: 500px;
		height: 150px;
		background-color: #eeeeee;
	}
	</style>
</head>
<body>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="wordcloud2.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		WordCloud(document.getElementById('my_canvas'), { list: [['foo', 12], ['bar', 6]] } );
	</script>
	<canvas id="my_canvas" class="wordcloud"></canvas>
</body>
</html>

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All I keep getting is the following error:

Line: 754
Error: Unable to get property 'dispatchEvent' of undefined or null reference

which refers to the following:

/* Send DOM event */
    var sendEvent = function sendEvent(el, type, cancelable, detail) {
      var evt = document.createEvent('CustomEvent');
      evt.initCustomEvent(type, true, cancelable, detail || {});
      return el.dispatchEvent(evt);
    };

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It is highlighting the reference el.dispatchEvent(evt);

Has anyone had practical experience of using wordcloud or can fathom out it's implementation because I have been trying for hours with no joy.

Regards
wordcloud2.js

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splanton

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School boy error! Well spotted. I am off to kick myself round the car park. :)

Alexandre Simões

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