Delaying a loop

I have a program that contains a do-while loop, inside of which it
(re)calculates a array of labels XY[x][y], each one consisting of a
single digit, and print them forming an x by y rectangle. What I want to
do is slow the loop down so I can see the different formations of the
digits; so I tried

try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch(InterruptedException ex) {}

at the end of the loop, expecting to see the number formations changing
every second, like seeing a film frame by frame. Instead, however, there
was a loooooong delay, and then the loop reached almost instantaneously
its conclusion.

How can I stop the execution of the loop until I have time to see the
results in each pass?

Eustace

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re: Delaying a loop

Eustace wrote:Try flushing the io before the call to sleep. Your output is probably
being buffered.
i.e., if using System.out,
System.out.flush();

re: Delaying a loop

On 2008-08-02 15:39 Jon Bettinger wrote:Thanks. That makes sense. But I am not using System.out, the program
extends JFrame and I am using the setText command to change the JLabels
that have been added to the JPanel of the Container. How do I flush in
this case?

Eustace

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re: Delaying a loop

Eustace wrote:Hmmm, I'm not a swing expert, but you could try calling invalidate on
the component that changed.

re: Delaying a loop

On 2008-08-03 20:39 Jon Bettinger wrote:Thanks anyway. I prefer the newsgroups, but now I'll try the Sun forums.

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re: Delaying a loop

In comp.lang.java message <g776g2$kk8$1@aioe.org>, Mon, 4 Aug 2008
11:17:45, Eustace <emf@email.composted:

Sig:Does it handle Ordinal Date, ISO Week Number, Julian/Gregorian, and
Easter Sunday? How about the Hebrew, Islamic, etc., calendars? Without
all of those, and more, it cannot be accurately described as all-
purpose.

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re: Delaying a loop

On 2008-08-04 14:35 Dr J R Stockton wrote:Dear Dr. Stockton.

We have crossed paths again. I most certainly do not intend to compete
with your unrivaled JavaScript subroutines. But mine have been useful
for some who still program in outdated languages (the owner of a QBasic
website was most thankful for sending him my subroutines, another
programmer once thanked me for helping him get a job - before 2000), and
I still prefer them as simpler when location, daylight savings time,
other calendars, and other considerations would unnecessarily complicate
the calculations.

One might argue, though, that the description "all-purpose JS code" is
not the best I could choose. I just intended it to mean that it is for
general, common, purposes and not for special ones - an all-purpose
product is not expected to be the best in any particular case, but than
your methods are an exception to that rule, being both "all-purpose" and
thorough. "Generic" might have been a better choice in my case, meaning
that it can be used in all computing languages, including those that do
not include a Date function. Anyway, I include occasionally the
signature with the description hoping to attract the curiosity of
someone who might find them useful for his/her purposes.

I certainly sense a feeling of jealousy, or maybe rather a kind of
competitiveness on your part, and I would like to express my sincere
gratitude for the deep sense of satisfaction that it has provided me. I
may insist that the variable name "epoch" would better apply to a 400
year period, and that the counting would more rationally start with year
1CE rather than 1970CE, but now such questions are of course of purely
academic interest; the alternate options have been established, and we
know very well that when such things get established it is very
difficult to change them. And anyway, personally I would be much more
interested to see the US adopt the metric system in my lifetime than to
have my opinions on the date functions prevail.

Cheers,

Eustace

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re: Delaying a loop

Eustace wrote:What you probably want to do is something like this (pseudo code):

public class StuffDoer implements Runnable {
private void recalculate() {
//...
}

private void repaint() {
//...
}

public void run() {
Thread.sleep(30);
recalculate();
repaint();
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(this);
}
}