I'm trying to make a program that makes 3 dots "..." appear one by one and then start from the beginning on the same row; something like this:
Phase 1: .
Phase 2: ..
Phase 3: ...
Phase 4: .
Phase 5: ..
and so on.
enter code here
String text2 = "..." + "\n";
for (int i = 0; i <= 3; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < text2.length(); j++) {
System.out.print("" + text2.charAt(j));
try {
Thread.sleep(300);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
}
}
I've tried this but it doesn't quite do it...
You can print a backspace \b
as long as the dots like so:
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String text2 = "...";
for (int i = 0; i <= 3; i++)
{
for (int j = 0; j < text2.length(); j++) {
System.out.print("" + text2.charAt(j));
try {
Thread.sleep(300);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
}
System.out.print("\b".repeat(text2.length())); //Java 11
}
}
Also remove the new line in your string since it will cause the dots to print on separate lines.