Re: Processor overloaded

From:

RedGrittyBrick <RedGrittyBrick@SpamWeary.foo>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.help

Date:

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:58:13 +0000

Message-ID:

<1OSdnf4ZUr0ieD7YRVnyugA@bt.com>

erimidtt@gmail.com wrote:

Hei

I'm trying to create a clock from scratch.

Maybe you should introduce Thread.sleep(1000); in the main loop?

If I run this code, the processor overloads.

Perhaps you mean it runs at 100% utilisation for a short while.

while (b < 10000000) {
    if (nesteSek == seku) {
        b++;
    } else {

<snip>

}

As far as I can see, the first part of the loop overloads the
processor.

If, prior to the while, nesteSek == seku and b == 0, your code will do
nothing but increment b ten million times in a tight loop.

If someone can please help me find a simpler code that does not require
that much processor, I'd appreciate it.

A faster and less CPU intensive way to achieve the same result would be
    b = 10000000;

Maybe you can construct a SSCCE that reproduces the problem. E.g.

public class Foo {
     public static void main(String[] args) {

     int nesteSek = 0;
     int seku = 0;
     int b = 0;
     etc

     // your code here

     }
}

Also, by using System.out.printf to add leading zeros your code would be
made a *lot* simpler.