Spinning rod animation/Text: Difference between revisions

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=={{header|Java}}==

{{trans|Go}}

<lang java>public class SpinningRod

{

public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

String a = "|/-\\";

System.out.print("\033[2J"); // hide the cursor

long start = System.currentTimeMillis();

while (true) {

for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {

System.out.print("\033[2J"); // clear terminal

System.out.print("\033[0;0H"); // place cursor at top left corner

for (int j = 0; j < 80; j++) { // 80 character terminal width, say

System.out.print(a.charAt(i));

}

Thread.sleep(250);

}

long now = System.currentTimeMillis();

// stop after 20 seconds, say

if (now - start >= 20000) break;

}

System.out.print("\033[?25h"); // restore the cursor

}