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    Does anyone know of a way to use a timer in C; I mean make code execute, not at a specific time, but at certain intervals (such as so many seconds apart).

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    _sleep() - <stdlib.h>

    or

    Sleep() - <windows.h>

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    You can use sleep() from <stdlib.h>, or alarm() from <unistd.h> (on a POSIX system).

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    for more precise delays you could also use interrupts or timed loops.
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