Thread: Problem with while and if-else loop, not responding ?

Following my previous question How to execute Time Loop in C without clock() and timer ?
I have a while loop, which calculates elapsed time and time when I hit key to display different output.

Code:

void drawImage(int now, int last_event, int delay){


    arUtilTimer();
    now = arUtilTimer();
    
    while(1)
    {
        
        if ((now - last_event) >= delay)
        {
            argDrawImage(image1);
            last_event = now;
        }
    else
        {
            argDrawImage(image2);
            now = arUtilTimer();
        }
    }


}

Which I'm going to call later in my main loop. But I keep get not responding result. The code working fine and the calculation also working fine if I don't call my while loop. Is there any mistake in my while loop ?

Well the first problem is that once the code enters your while(1) loop, that's the end of the show as far as the rest of your code is concerned.

The other problem I suppose is that your arUtilTimer doesn't offer much benefit over using the regular time functions. At the very least I would have expected to see some kind of callback interface where you could arrange for a function to be called at an interval.

In essence, you can only have one while(1) loop at the top level of your code, and everything within it needs to be non-blocking.

Code:

while ( 1 ) {
  // non blocking key detection
  if ( keyPressed() ) {
    // read key
    // do something
  }
  if ( timeExpired() ) {
    // do draw code
  }
  // short sleep, approximately matched to your video rate
  // 16ms is ~60Hz
  // 20ms is 50Hz
}

Hi, thanks ! I'm aware that while(1) loop here in an endless loop. But that's my purpose, this loop will be executed all the time when the program is running. And I just need different condition to push different output. About the arUtilTimer, I use the arUtilTimer for another purpose as well in this program, and I would rather keep this than adding new library, so I dont have too many libraries running. I don't really understand about non-blocking key. And I already have my keyEvent defined in other function like this :
(I cannot put code on reply, so I put picture) .



Should I put my keyEvent inside the loop ?

How is keyEvent called at the moment?

A non-blocking call is one which simply returns after some short amount of time, having done what it was supposed to do, or discovered that there is nothing it can do at the moment.

So your draw image should be perhaps

Code:

void drawImage(int delay){
  now = arUtilTimer();
  if ((now - last_event) >= delay) {
    if ( ? ) {
      argDrawImage(image1);
    } else {
      argDrawImage(image2);
    }
    last_event = now;
  }
}

Your higher level function can keep calling this because it no longer blocks, and can carry on responding to key events like it does at the moment.