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Java For Loops

Vladimir Grbic
Vladimir Grbic
324 Points
Posted by Vladimir Grbic
Vladimir Grbic
324 Points

Just curious...

What if I wanted to create a timer that counts down the seconds.

for (int i = 60; i > 0; i--) { console.printf("%d seconds left. %n", i); }

But when: "i" gets decremented to 1 it is going to say "1 SECONDS left", which is grammatically incorrect. Also when it gets to 0 I want it to say "Time has ran out"

I know I can do this using a conditional I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT CONDITIONAL IN FOR LOOP.

Thanks!

3 Answers

Brandon Khan
Brandon Khan
21,619 Points
Brandon Khan
Brandon Khan
21,619 Points

Well i guess what i was saying is i'm learning too just like you and from my limited exp i see there are a lot of ways to do the same thing.

Brandon Khan
Brandon Khan
21,619 Points
Brandon Khan
Brandon Khan
21,619 Points

you can add if conditions into the for loop. I'm sure there is a more effective way but try this....

if (i == 1){ console.printf(""%d seconds left. %n", i"); } if(i == 0){ console.printf(""Time has ran out"); }

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Vladimir Grbic
Vladimir Grbic
324 Points
Vladimir Grbic
Vladimir Grbic
324 Points

Wow. That was simple...

Since you mentioned that there is more practical way, can you please explain it?