Thread: Real Time?

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    Real Time?

    So I have a clock problem to. I want to update the clock in real time so that I can see the seconds tick by!
    Here's what I am using:

    char *aORp;
    int tm_year;
    struct tm *systime;
    time_t t;
    t=time(NULL);
    systime=localtime(&t);
    if(systime->tm_hour>12) {systime->tm_hour=
    systime->tm_hour-12; aORp = "p.m."; }
    else{aORp = "a.m.";}

    I would hate to call "t=time(NULL);" every other line of code!(And I'm sure it's not done this way).

    But I just don't know how to write a function that runs constantly yet releases the rest of the program to resume normally!
    Code:
    #include <cmath>
    #include <complex>
    bool euler_flip(bool value)
    {
        return std::pow
        (
            std::complex<float>(std::exp(1.0)), 
            std::complex<float>(0, 1) 
            * std::complex<float>(std::atan(1.0)
            *(1 << (value + 2)))
        ).real() < 0;
    }

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    use a master loop which contains this updating code and any other code you'd want to have run simultaneously... then use static or global data [*gulp*] to save the states for continuation in the next cycle...
    hasafraggin shizigishin oppashigger...

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