How to make a method run 25 times in 1 second?

Question

I have a JPanel that implements Runnable and that has animation on it. I need to update the screen 25 times per second. I have a vague idea that I need to call function run() 25 times a second, but how do I do that? Thank you!!!

Answer 1

Hi how are you ?
I noticed that you have some duke dollars for this questions:)
Here is the answer.
You won't want to call the run method 25 times by the way. Within your run method you can call a method that is going to do the animation 25 times .
Example:
void doAnimation(Graphics g){
for(int i = 0 ; i < 25 ; i++){
g.drawImage(yourimages,x,x);
try{
Thread.sleep(250);//or whatever the interval is
}catch(InterruptedException e){}
g.drawImage(clearscreenimage,x,x);
let me know how that works for you ?
however, the exact timing depends on the monitor being used and the OS being used. it's a bit more involved. but the answer above is a basic one.
stephen