a timer in a for loop

[javalearner123]

hey

i need help. ive been trying to put a timer in a for loop, but it doesnt seem to work. need help. thanx.

i want the data printed in every array to be delayed by a few seconds

heres the code

class ButtonListener implements ActionListener
      {
        private static final int TIMER_DELAY = 2000;
        protected static final int COUNT_MAX = 160;
        protected static final int DELTA = 1;
 
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0)
        {
 
                 InsertionSort(numbers);
                   new javax.swing.Timer(TIMER_DELAY, new ActionListener()
                  {
                    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0)
                    { 
                 for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
                 {
 
                   for(int j=0;j<5;j++)
                   {
                     System.out.print(sortedArray[i][j]+ "\t");
                   }
                   //move to new line
                   System.out.print("\n");
 
                 }
                       }
                   }
                   ).start();
        }
      }

[JosAH]

Have a look at the Thread.sleep() method; it makes the current thread sleep for a number of milliseconds.

kind regards,

Jos