Using a for loop to shorten the coding.

[alostbunny]

//New to learning Java, I am better at reading and understanding than using and creating code... hardly a useful skill at all but I am at least trying
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class GraphicsLab02 extends Applet
{
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
int width = 980;
int height = 630;
int y1 = 640;
int x2 = 990;
int y2 = 640;
g.drawRect(10,10,width,height);

// Bottom right
//I am attempting to cause an "optical illusion" by using straight lines and moving them by 10 pixels on both the x and y axis. I would like to have a for loop, I believe, to shorten the coding.
//y1 and x2 change by +- 10. +=10 and -=10?
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,620,20,640);
g.drawLine(990,610,30,640);
g.drawLine(990,600,40,640);
g.drawLine(990,590,50,640);
g.drawLine(990,580,60,640);
g.drawLine(990,570,70,640);
g.drawLine(990,560,80,640);
//Now y1 still -=10, x2 still +=10 now y2 -=10?
g.drawLine(990,550,90,560);
g.drawLine(990,540,100,550);
g.drawLine(990,530,110,540);
g.drawLine(990,520,120,530);
g.drawLine(990,510,130,520);
g.drawLine(990,500,140,510);
// It all stays constant, it redraws the line many times to create the curve.
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
g.drawLine(990,630,10,640);
}
}

I am attempting to end up with this product, but am currently focusing on the bottom right-hand corner. Thank you very much for your help ^^

[Norm]

It all stays constant, it redraws the line many times

That could be done in a for loop that loops the number of times that you want the draw method called.

For the other draw method calls where one of the x or y value changes from line to line could be down with a for loop that starts at one value and goes to the other value incrementing (or decrementing) by the steps needed:

  for(int idx=startValue; idx <= endValue; idx += incrAmt)

// to move two indexes:
  for(int idx=startValue, idy=sV2; idx <= endValue; idx += incrAmt, idy--)