Maze

[shruti]

hi i am making a maze so i was wondering if i can have time limits like use if structure
if Time.Elasped=5 then
put " ......"
can i do that ????????????????????
thanks

[Tony]

yes.

[[Gandalf]]

Yep, but keep in mind that since nothing is instantaneous on a computer, you'll have a hard time reaching whatever exact values you choose. You'd be better off using ranges, such as:

code:

var timeLowRange := 5 var timeHighRange := 15 var time := Time.Elapsed if time > timeLowRange and time < timeHighRange then    ... end if

[jinjin]

Alternatively, you could use a delay loop to count time. For example, here is a simple second timer using one loop:

Turing:

var timex : int timex := 0 loop     delay (1000)     timex += 1     put timex, " seconds have passed!" end loop

[Tony]

Not really. You are assuming that delay(1000) will take exactly 1 second and that timex += 1, put, and loop itself take 0 time. Which is obviously not the case. It's a fair estimate for the first few numbers, but the errors accumulate over time.

A better approach is to take the difference between Time measured at one point in the program and Time measured at another.