program waiting

[flameZero]

hey guys its me again....
my program is going smoothly (for now) and i have to thank all of you...


but lets get to business............ i have another question......
id like my program to wait a second or two (depending on the user action), how do i do that?
i was thinking 2 second wait before attacking..2.5 seconds before defending, 2 seconds before enemy retaliation....etc
can u help me out?

[[Gandalf]]

Before you do something like this, think: "Do I truly need this delay for my program to work?" I'm thinking, since this is probably text based, the answer is no.

[AnubisProgrammer]

all you have to do is make sure windows.h and conio.h are included, then use:
Sleep(n);
n=number of milliseconds it will wait for.
so, if you have:
Sleep(1000);
it will wait for 1000 milliseconds, or, 1 second.
so to wait for 2 seconds it would be Sleep(2000), 2.5 seconds is Sleep(2500).

The 'S' must be capitolized on Sleep.

ps. you might just need conio.h, I'm not sure if you need windows.h.