Time counting down simultaneously

[MysticVegeta]

Hi, There is a section in my program that asks for user input but at the same time, the seconds decrease. How can i make both of them work at the same time without using processes. Processes screw the user input location so bad...

[Cervantes]

That depends on how you're getting the input. If you're using get, well, let's not go there. If you're using getch(), that's a little better, because at least you could update your timer in the time between the user's keystrokes! However, the best way to do this is wrap your getch() statement inside an if hasch statement. Thus, the getch() code is only executed if there is a key waiting in the buffer.

code:

if hasch then    getch (input) end if

Expanding this to include adding the getch() to a variable and adding a timer, we get something like this:

Turing:

View.Set ("offscreenonly") var input := "" var _char : string (1) var lastTime := -1000 var counter := 11 var fontID := Font.New ("Arial:16") loop     if hasch then         getch (_char)         exit when ord (_char) = 10  %enter         if ord (_char) = 8 then %backspace             if input ~= "" then                 input := input (1 .. * -1)  %chomp off the last char             end if         else             input += _char         end if     end if     if Time.Elapsed > lastTime + 1000 then              %updates every second (1000 milliseconds)         lastTime := Time.Elapsed         counter -= 1     end if     cls     Font.Draw (input, 100, 200, fontID, black)     Font.Draw (intstr (counter), 100, 100, fontID, black)     View.Update     delay (10)     exit when counter <= 0 end loop

[MysticVegeta]

How about if i using get

[Cervantes]

I don't think you can. You will, most definately, have to switch to the getch/hasch combo.

[MysticVegeta]

But its a whole word...
processes...

[Cervantes]

MysticVegeta wrote:

But its a whole word...

Yes, but a word is composed of letters. If you think of how exactly you type a word out on the keyboard, you press one key at a time in a specific order so you produce a word. To model that, we need to getch() one key at a time in the order that they come to produce a specific word.

Sure, get is meant for things like this, but that doesn't mean it's the way to go. Look at Hitler: he meant to take over Europe (and more!) but he failed. He failed, just like get will fail you with this.

Oh, the analogies. Hitler is a programming command? omgwtfbbq.

[MysticVegeta]

hmm i think i know what you mean, i will try to do something like that.