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