Computer Science Canada how to do delay in C++ |
| Author: | liangchenen [ Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:16 pm ] |
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If you have ever used turing, there's a delay function. it looks like this delay(1000); 1000 means 1 second and the program will stop for 1 second, and continue on. does anybody know how to do that? |
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| Author: | rdrake [ Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:15 pm ] | ||
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I believe it is:
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| Author: | liangchenen [ Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:51 pm ] |
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what do I have to include for that? |
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| Author: | md [ Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:04 am ] |
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***On windows only*** include <windows.h> and then you can use the Sleep(); function. Be warned that it is not very exact, so if you tell it 1000 you might get 1010. A more exact, yet slightly worse way it to get the start time using the starndard time(); function and then poll it until the new time is greater then the start time plus your delay. I don't know what time standard time(); uses, it might be the unix time format... but if you do a quick google I'm sure you'll find all you need. Oh, and the header is <time.h> I think... again, google is your friend. |
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