Thread: Java program timer countdown

So I'm fairly new to java and im making a text based game project using switch statements in different methods. I'm trying to put a 10 sec timer on the user input. I have the timer code working but i cannot get it to work with the user input. My code is way to long to put in this but i can show what the code looks like for the count down if that helps. the if statement doesn't work just something i was trying.


Timer myTimer = new Timer();
TimerTask task = new TimerTask()
{
public void run()
{

secondsPassed --;
System.out.println("secondes passed: " + secondsPassed);

if(str.equals("") || secondsPassed == 0)
{
System.exit(0);
task.cancel();
}


}

};


public void start(){
myTimer.scheduleAtFixedRate(task,1000,1000);
}

if statement doesn't work

Why do you say that?

What are the values in str and secondsPassed when the if statement is executed? Add a print statement that prints their values so you can see what the program sees when it executes.

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doesnt stop when the user enters an input

The code won't call System.exit if there is a value in str.

What is the value in str and what is the value in secondsPassed when the if statement is executed?

Did you print the value that was in str? What printed?
What value was printed for secondsPassed?
Please copy the value that were printed and paste it here.

Nothing in the program will execute after System.exit is called. The program exits/