break or stop for loop

[mitra]

Hi everybody..............

I have small but serious problem. The problem is I have two button -"START" and "STOP"

So when I will click on START button it simply do the following----

actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
if(e.getSource(STARTbuttonObject){
for(int i=0;i<=5000;i=i+0.1){
System.out.println(i);
}
}
}

now I want to stop the running for loop by clicking on the STOP button. So how can I do it?
Please explain.
Thank you.

[KevinWorkman]

You're going to have to take a different approach. Since both of your ActionListeners are going to fire on the same Thread (the EDT), the STOP button has to wait until the START button has completed.

You might want to look into threading, or adding a Timer.

[mitra]

You're going to have to take a different approach. Since both of your ActionListeners are going to fire on the same Thread (the EDT), the STOP button has to wait until the START button has completed.

You might want to look into threading, or adding a Timer.

Thanks for you reply.
Can you please give me a sample code?

[KevinWorkman]

Can you please give me a sample code?

Hahahaha no. That's not how this works. What have you tried? Where are you stuck?

[mitra]

Hahahaha no. That's not how this works. What have you tried? Where are you stuck?

no actually, thread programming confused me a lot.

[KevinWorkman]

no actually, thread programming confused me a lot.

What about using a Timer?

[mitra]

What about using a Timer?

I never used Timer till now, but I will check it.

Thank You very much for giving me ur time.

[Pojahn_M]

no actually, thread programming confused me a lot.

probably, but worth learning.