# Reaction time experiment

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> [@14mmss](#):
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> if (s == seconds) { if (m == miliseconds)

This condition may not ever be met because millis() is quietly updating in the background and you are only checking it every draw cycle which is 1/60 of a sec (default framerate is 60 fps).

The chance that they are exactly == at the instance you check is not likely.

Other options are \>, \<, \>=, \<=, != …

Pick one that makes sense and try it.

Reference:

> **[Equality, Relational, and Conditional Operators (The Java™ Tutorials \> ...](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/op2.html)**
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> This beginner Java tutorial describes fundamentals of programming in the Java programming language

`:)`

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