I know there has to be a system call to pause (not system("pause") execution of a program for a few seconds. I would like to give the illusion that my program is 'thinking' rather than just spit out the result as soon as the user has hit the enter key.
Can anyone clue me in on this??
Many thanks in advance!!
You can try looking for "wait" or "delay" type function. Or you can write a loop that queries the system time until it elapses some interval from a start point.
Looping while continuously asking for the system time will waste many CPU cycles and power. Better to use sleep or usleep in this situation.
For Windows, include windows.h and then use Sleep(microsecondsYouWantHere)
Didn't know about the header file, Thanks!!Originally Posted by Adak
Note that the parameter for Windows Sleep() function is in milliseconds.
