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Index › Programming Questions & Help › Syntax Questions › delay() ?

alphachapmtl Full Member Offline Posts: 128 Canada	delay() ?? Apr 21st, 2008, 5:26am   How come the following delay() is not working? Code: void setup() { size(400,400); background(153); noLoop(); // for (int i=1; i<100; i++) { println(i); delay(2000); } // }//setup() void draw() { }//draw()

hector YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 25	Re: delay() ?? Reply #1 - Apr 21st, 2008, 10:55am   For some reason,  the delay works if you move the loop to draw().

27ipunt YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 15	Re: delay() ?? Reply #2 - Apr 21st, 2008, 12:21pm   Don't know why but looking at the code for delay() in PApplet there is a line of code at the start that says: Code: if (frameCount == 0) return; and since in setup frame should be 0 it exits before doing anything ... an alternative would be to use "standard" java code: Code: try { Thread.sleep(2000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { }

Manic Full Member Offline Posts: 123	Re: delay() ?? Reply #3 - Apr 21st, 2008, 1:06pm   The more important question is why would you want to have a delay in the setup routine? It doesn't make sense.