Why is my timestop programm illegal?

Question

I wanted to build a method that can stop the program for a few seconds, so the user can have breaks between the output that he receives. What is my mistake here? Is it actually possible?

public void stopSeconds(long s){
long a = System.getCurrentTimeMillis();
do{
long z = System.getCurrentTimeMillis();
long dif = z-a;
long stop= s*1000;
}while (dif <= stop);

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Answer 1

You cannot use functions inside a function. You can either place the method outside the main or convert it to a lambda expression.

Answer 2

It's better to use the sleep method

Answer 3

Allrigghhht :D Thats interesting!! yeah thanks, i think ill study the new commands then :D

Answer 4

Interesting fact this feature of having a method inside another is coming to C# but with some limitations.

Answer 5

Bennett Post So i have to include methods always in other classes?

Answer 6

I seeeee thanks Bennett Post 😁😁😘