# Updating Number of Files While Sketch Runs

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/updating-number-of-files-while-sketch-runs/35615>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/updating-number-of-files-while-sketch-runs/35615 "2022-03-08T15:17:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/updating-number-of-files-while-sketch-runs/35615/2 "2022-03-09T16:24:08Z")

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> [@File Listing Order](https://discourse.processing.org/t/file-listing-order/7148/41):
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> [Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Arrays.html#sort(java.lang.Object[])](http://Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Arrays.html#sort(java.lang.Object%5B%5D)) static final String PICS\_EXTS = "extensions=,png,jpg,jpeg,gif,tif,tiff,tga,bmp,wbmp"; static final float FPS = .25; PImage[] images; void setup() { size(1200, 600); frameRate(FPS); imageMode(CENTER); final File dir = dataFile(""); println(dir); String[] imagePaths = {}; int imagesFound = 0; if (dir.isDirectory()) { imagePaths = listPaths(dir.getPath(), "files", "recursi…

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