Printing a string with a time delay

is there a way to make the characters in a string to print off 1 by 1, with a random time delay between the showing each of the letters, I can already do the random part, so that isnt the problem, the problem is making the letters show each other 1 by 1, and that is where I need a little help...

actually, on second thoughts, I realised how simple it is, and how stupid the question is, I thought of a way round the problem, even though im sure that it isnt the most efficient way to do it...

:)

Here's one way using iterators:

Code:

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#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
  typedef std::string::const_iterator iter;

  std::string msg ( "This is a message" );
  iter begin = msg.begin();
  iter end = msg.end();

  for ( iter it = begin; it != end; ++it ) {
    std::cout.put ( *it );
    Sleep ( std::rand() / ( RAND_MAX / 1000 ) );
  }

  std::cout<<std::endl;
}

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And another using indices:

Code:

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#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
  typedef std::string::size_type iter;

  std::string msg ( "This is a message" );
  iter end = msg.size();

  for ( iter it = 0; it != end; ++it ) {
    std::cout.put ( msg[it] );
    Sleep ( std::rand() / ( RAND_MAX / 1000 ) );
  }

  std::cout<<std::endl;
}

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