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Re: VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM

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On 12/03/15 18:38, Doug Mika wrote:
> Hi to all, I don't know what is wrong with the following method.  It is a method inside a Timer class that extends Thread.  The peculiar problem is that IF i include the System.out.print(""); line in the method, the program works FINE, if however I delete the System.out.print(""); methods or REM it out, the program doesn't count time?  How Could that one line which does NOTHING cause the entire program to function correctly?
>
>   public void run(){
>          long timeStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
>
>          while(true){
>              if(timeStamp + 1000 <= System.currentTimeMillis()){
>                  timeStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
>
>                  System.out.print("");
>                  if(this.paused==false){
>                      this.secCount++;
>
>                      this.hrs = (int)this.secCount / 3600;
>                      this.min = (int)(((int)(this.secCount % 3600))/60);
>                      this.sec = (int)this.secCount % 60;
>
>                      if(this.debug) System.out.println("Timer: "+this.hrs+":"+this.min+":"+this.sec);
>                  }
>              }
>          }
>      }
>
> Much thanks for any ideas, I have NO IDEA why a System.out.print statement could impact the functioning of this program to such an extent?
> Doug
>

Hmm, I just wrapped your code in a *simple* test class and ran it, it 
produces output with or without the System.out, I think you should be 
looking elsewhere.

package com.foo;

public class TimerTest extends Thread{
	
	int hrs, min, sec, secCount;
	boolean debug = true;
	boolean paused = false;
	
	public void run(){
         long timeStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();

         while(true){
             if(timeStamp + 1000 <= System.currentTimeMillis()){
                 timeStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();

                 //System.out.print("");
                 if(this.paused==false){
                     this.secCount++;

                     this.hrs = (int)this.secCount / 3600;
                     this.min = (int)(((int)(this.secCount % 3600))/60);
                     this.sec = (int)this.secCount % 60;

                     if(this.debug) System.out.println("Timer: 
"+this.hrs+":"+this.min+":"+this.sec);
                 }
             }
         }
     }
	
	public static void main(String[] args){
		new TimerTest().start();
	}

}

//output

Timer: 0:0:1
Timer: 0:0:2
Timer: 0:0:3
Timer: 0:0:4
Timer: 0:0:5
Timer: 0:0:6
Timer: 0:0:7
... etc


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VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM Doug Mika <dougmmika@gmail.com> - 2015-03-12 11:38 -0700
  Re: VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-03-12 14:57 -0400
  Re: VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-03-12 19:29 +0000
  Re: VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2015-03-12 22:52 -0500
  Re: VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2015-03-13 09:36 +0000
    Re: VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM Robbie Brown <rob@example.com> - 2015-03-13 10:12 +0000
      Re: VERY PECULIAR PROBLEM Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-03-13 21:40 +0100

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