timing issues
what is the simplelist way to put a delay in your program? that is, a pause of a known length of time before the code afterwards is executed?
maybe an example:
switch(variable){
case 1:
*some code*;
~~~Pause here for 1 second~~~;
*some more code*;
break;
case 2:
*some code*;
~~~Pause here for .5 seconds~~~;
*some more code*;
break;
case 2:
*some code*;
~~~Pause here for .25 seconds~~~;
*some more code*;
break;
}
etc...
thanks for the help
hmmm
i think i dont sure
i forgot
the function delay();
for exemple
delay(1000);
give you a second
i dont remember how much is second
Hi
A for loop will work but i found that it is dependent on the processor so slower machines take longer to run thriough the loop.
And to all those opposed , MMmmm Well.
GSLR- yeah, it is processor dependent, and thats one of the main reason's i'm asking how to get around it. an empty for loop on my machine i found can run about 10000000 times to be close to a second, and i don't want to accidentally run that on a pentium2 in the lab- could be there a while.
godlike- my compiler doesn't recognize the delay command, is it in a certain library? i've looked through a bunch of *.h files and can't find it.
thanks guys
If your system supports it, try poll():
Code:#include <poll.h> /* The third argument is the number of milliseconds to wait */ poll( NULL, 0, 3500 ); /* wait 3.5 seconds */
Jason Deckard
hmmm
i think it
is <stdlib.h>
i dont sure
like i said
i forgot everything
As far as I know, delay functions tend to be implementation dependent. You'd do better by maintaining portability and writing your own sleep function.
-PreludeCode:#include <time.h> void sleep ( long m ) { clock_t limit, cl = clock (); limit = cl + m; while ( limit > cl ) cl = clock (); }
My best code is written with the delete key.
