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A way to delay output

 
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A way to delay output, I'm just asking if there is a way
Mastergeek666
17 Sep, 2007 - 09:39 AM
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I was wondering if there is a way to for example:
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System.out.println ("Text")
then have the output of another text be delayed for a sec then do the next "System.out.println..." If anyone could shed some light that would be great.
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17 Sep, 2007 - 09:45 AM
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Have a look at the Thread class.
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17 Sep, 2007 - 09:48 AM
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You could put the thread to sleep for a number of seconds. Using a thread sleep though will require you to also put it in a try catch to catch an InterruptedException. Otherwise Java will throw a fit that you are not catching this. Here is a great example for you...

sleeptest.java

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public class sleeptest {
    public static void main(String args[]) {

        // Print the first part
        System.out.println("hello");

        // Put the thread to sleep for 3 seconds
        try {
            Thread.sleep(3000);
        }
        catch (InterruptedException ex)
        {
            // do nothing
        }

        // Print second part
        System.out.println("there");

    }
}


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17 Sep, 2007 - 10:02 AM
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Lol, looks like Martyr2 did the digging for you!
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17 Sep, 2007 - 10:08 AM
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Thanks this is exactly what I needed to make my program more, fun. Thanks again!
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17 Sep, 2007 - 10:15 AM
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*Martyr pops his head out of the hole he is digging, head lamp on his helmet and all*

I find all kinds of junk when I dig. Just last week I found an old rusty version of system("pause"); but since it was platform specific I threw it away. And this other time I found a function for encryption only to find out that it simply made the words into pig-latin. So I had to toss that one too.

Once in awhile I find a good solution and can pass it on in the market and get rich knowing that I helped out somebody with their program.

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18 Sep, 2007 - 06:21 PM
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