How to control a loop using a button?

Question

I am a beginner in java, I want to know is there any possible way to control a loop by clicking a button? I am creating a GUI, and it's supposed to run 10 times in the loop. Is there a way that I could have a button on the screen so that when the user presses, then it goes to the next iteration? Because currently everything just runs and executes once.

Answer 1

In your java class, you should define an attribute and each time you click on the button you add 1 to this attribute and do the action.

define an attribute in your class;

public int i = 0;

and create a button to be clicked on:

private void clickMeButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                                                 
    // code your action here:
    this.i++;
 } 

Answer 2

You could have the loop wait for the button click, and then once it loops 10 times break the loop.