How do you count the amount of times a button is clicked?

Question

Heres my code:
public void buttonClicked(JButton buttonzilla){
if(buttonzilla == startButton){
while(i < 7){
story.append("\n" + "\n" + abc);
i++;
However, when i click the button once, it displays all elements in the array, however, im trying to get it so that each time i click the button another element is displayed, one at a time. How would i go about doing this?

Answer 1

Can you explain the code because it dosent make sense
to me, im a beginner.In the code you posted, there is no declaration for the variable i, so I've assumed it is declared as a class variable, and has scope within the class.
You say you want to add only the data from the element of abc[], relative to the number of times the button has been clicked i.e. 1st click adds abc[0], 2nd click adds abc[1] etc.
if(i < abc.length)  - to ensure no ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException (really should also check i is not negative)
story.append("\n" + "\n" + abc[i++]);
instead of
story.append("\n" + "\n" + abc);
i++;