Using a Timer

[iamsothecoolest]

I am fairly new to Java and I'm just trying to figure out how to use a timer to do something in a certain amount of time. What I'm trying to do, specifically, is make it so that each letter of a string appears after a certain amount of time. Here's my code:

import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;

public class Main
{	
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		String helloString = "Hello Everybody!";
		Timer time = new Timer(1000, this);
		int counter;
		
		for(counter = 0; counter == helloString.length(); counter++ )
		{
			System.out.println(helloString.charAt(counter));
		}
	}
}

As you can see I have a Timer object created(I'm not even sure if I even used the correct parameters) but it's not implemented because I don't know how to use it. Any help would be appreciated.

[JosAH]

What does your compiler say about your code?

kind regards,

Jos

[iamsothecoolest]

What does your compiler say about your code?

kind regards,

Jos

It's not an error that I'm trying to deal with. I'm just trying to figure out how to use the java timer class.

[iamsothecoolest]

Please somebody help.

[Fubarable]

It's not an error that I'm trying to deal with. I'm just trying to figure out how to use the java timer class.

We are conditioned towards seeing and trying to fix errors if and when we find them, and it was probably obvious to Jos that your code posted does not compile which is likely why he made his recommendation.

Anyway, to answer your possible question, there are at least three Timer classes in the core Java library, two of which you'll commonly use, the javax.swing.Timer for Swing gui applications that need a Timer functionality and the java.util.Timer for non-Swing timer needs. So, you'll first need to ask yourself for what purpose you'll be using the timer eventually, and then next check out the Java API for the Timer class.

Please somebody help.

Also, we're all volunteers here helping when we have a chance. Please don't bump your post < 12 hours after posting, lest you want to appear impatient.