i use sleep(0.5) in a loop now my problem is when i run it the app doesnt wait for 0.5 seconds but it goes way faster does any one knows how this could happen and how i can prevent it from happening ....because i like sleep(alot) and its kinda "dumb" that it wont work
if it would be helpfull im on win-98 SE
im using BC 4.5 for this console app.
Originally Posted by Salem
sleep takes an int argument, when you pass it .5 it actually gets 0 and doesn't sleep at all.
so ur saying even if i say
it wont even work ......Code:float t=0.5; sleep(t);
is there anyway how i can make it work with 0.5 so with a float ??
When a float is converted to an int, everything past the decimal is cut off. Since everything before the decimal is 0 and everything after is cut off, you have 0. sleep from dos.h is obsolete anyway, use Sleep(500) and include windows.h, that'll do what you want.
BC 4.5 says=>#include <dos.h>
void sleep(unsigned seconds);
Suspends execution for an interval (seconds). With a call to sleep, the current program is suspended from execution for the number of seconds specified by the argument seconds. The interval is accurate only to the nearest hundredth of a second or to the accuracy of the operating system clock, whichever is less accurate.
0.01 should be possible as an argument i presume or mayb im just a dumb kid ...(that doenst know a word english)
That's the accuracy of sleep, it means if you pass it 1 it may not sleep for exactly 1 second. That has nothing to do with what argument you can pass to it.
finally its proven am soo dumb /doctors couldnt find the answer to my problems in highschool but now i know/0.01 should be possible as an argument i presume or mayb im just a dumb kid .
and errr thx anyway
