Thread: how do i make 'variable' + 1 a statement

ok i need to make the part where is says gamelength * 1 a statement in this code

class GCTask extends TimerTask {
  public void run() {
      gamelength + 1 ;  // this part ............<<that one right there
    System.gc();
  }
}
 
 
 
 
 
}
public class timer {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Timer timer = new Timer();
    GCTask task = new GCTask();
    timer.schedule(task, 1000, 1000);
    int counter = 1;
    while (true) {
      try {
        Thread.sleep(500);
      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      }
    }
  }

If I am understanding your replies in that other thread correctly, you can use:

gamelength += 1

To increase the gamelength value by 1.

This is basically saying gamelength = gamelength + 1

as far as I can tell, there are two problems:

1. You didn't declare gamelength either as a local variable of run(), or as an object field of GCTask.
2. You're not re-assigning the result of the addition to gamelength. This can be done in 4 ways:

// method 1: pre-increment
++gamelength;
// method 2: post-increment
gamelength++;
// method 3: assignment add
gamelength += 1;
// method 4: regular add and assignment.
gamelength = gamelength + 1;