Delay execution in scala

Asked Jan 29 '16 at 22:27

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I want to delay the execution of a scala script. The purpose it to provide some user readability. Wait for like 1 second or so, between printing new lines.

A naive(blocking) way to do so is

for(a<-1 to 100000){
  //do nothing
}

Any cleaner ways to so using Scala API

asked Jan 29 '16 at 22:27

abhipil

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Use java interop: `Thread.sleep(1000L)` – noahlz Jan 29 '16 at 22:30
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If you want non-blocking approach, use [Java Timers](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4044726/how-to-set-a-timer-in-java) or [Akka Schedulers](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16625464/scheduled-executor-in-scala) – Aivean Jan 29 '16 at 22:35
What's your reasoning for `for(a<-1 to 100000){` to equate to one second? – Kevin Meredith Jan 29 '16 at 22:55
@noahlz Thanks, that never struck me.. :) – abhipil Jan 29 '16 at 23:02
@KevinMeredith none, just me being a noob – abhipil Jan 29 '16 at 23:03
Btw, Thread.sleep can throw an InterruptedException...usually doesn't happen, but be aware – noahlz Jan 29 '16 at 23:57

Delay execution in scala

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