Serial Monitor Garbled Output

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I am having an issue with the serial monitor. I am just trying to output the value from a potentiometer that should be between 0-1023. I have even tried just printing the word Hello, but it comes out all weird. The following is my code:

int sensorPin = A5; //this is for analog pin A0
int LED1 = 13;
int sensorValue;
int LED2 = 12;
int LED3 = 11;

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
pinMode(LED1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(LED3, OUTPUT);
Serial.println("Beginning Program");
}
void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin);
Serial.begin(9600);
digitalWrite(LED1, HIGH);  //Turn led on

delay(sensorValue);   //pause for sensorValue
                      //millisecond
digitalWrite(LED1, LOW);  //turn led off

delay(sensorValue);   //milliseconds

digitalWrite(LED2, HIGH);  //Turn led on

delay(sensorValue);   //pause for sensorValue
                      //millisecond
digitalWrite(LED2, LOW);  //turn led off

delay(sensorValue);   //milliseconds


digitalWrite(LED3, HIGH);  //Turn led on

delay(sensorValue);   //pause for sensorValue
                      //millisecond
digitalWrite(LED3, LOW);  //turn led off

delay(sensorValue);   //milliseconds
Serial.println("HELLO");
}

And my output looks like this:

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I have tried changing the baud rate, but to no effect. I have tried changing the board, the cable, and the potentiometer. Does anyone have any ideas?

2

How about SETTING the baud rate?

3

Move

Serial.begin(9600);

to

void setup() {

If that doesn't work, what is the board you are running this on? Is it an official Arduino board? if not, is there something you need to do with the board first, like set the fuses? When you "Upload" the program to the target board, are you selecting the right target board?