How do I create a delay in java?

[Heybob]

If I want to delay something in java, how would I do it? I know in turing there is a delay (*) but Im not sure what it is for java.

[Tony]

I think you might be looking for sleep()

[xtreemboarder]

use this... put it in the same directory as your program... and in your program put "Delay.stop(int);" before whatever you want delayed.... just like in turing.

[xHoly-Divinity]

Our teacher taught us to use a useless for loop that runs like a million times . I guess that works as well

[HellblazerX]

errrr not really, cuz you're delaying by the number of times your CPU can go through that for loop, so the slower comp you have, the longer delay you'll have.

[[Gandalf]]

xHoly-Divinity wrote:

Our teacher taught us to use a useless for loop that runs like a million times . I guess that works as well

This is far worse than using processes in Turing, and you know how bad that is. Unless, of course, you have a constant frame rate, but even then using the Thread.sleep() method is what you should be using.

[codemage]

code:

public static void delay (int millisecs)     {         try         {             Thread.currentThread ().sleep (millisecs);         }         catch (InterruptedException e)         {         }     }

[[Gandalf]]

Note that you don't need to explicitly state that you're delaying currentThread(), Thread.sleep() should be sufficient, especially since you're probably only working with the default Thread.

[Martin]

code:

void delay_a_bit() {   for (int i=0;i<1000000;++i) {     int x = Math.sqrt (i * i);   } }