Thread: Making a Timer

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    Making a Timer

    Could someone tell me how to make a little timer, so that i can have a line written out, wait a couple of seconds, and then the next line out.

    eg:

    Code:
    cout << "Hello everyone";
    
    timer 5 seconds something;
    
    cout << "Okay finished";
    Any help would be most appreciated.

    Paul

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    Code Goddess Prelude's Avatar
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    You could try searching these forums. This question pops up every few weeks or so and has been answered quite a few times now. Perhaps a search for Prelude and sleep would come up with something like what you need.

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    be nice prelude

    put conio.h at top with #include's

    then put Sleep(1000) how ever many miliseconds u want in there.
    HOw are ya?

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    Hey I tried that cnio.h sleep thing but it didn't work, i think i must have missed something:

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <iostream.h>
    
    
    int main()
    {
    cout << "Hello" << endl;
    Sleep(1000);
    cout << "Im awake!";
    
    }
    Paul

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    dunno
    HOw are ya?

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    try <windows.h>
    you can find the declaration there if you open the file
    it says it's obselete but works anyway

    btw, I am using the library from MSVC++ 6.0

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    Depends if you are using a DOS compiler or a windows compiler.



    If DOS, include dos.h and use delay(millisecs)

    If Windows, include windows.h and use Sleep(millisecs)

    But, like Prelude said, use the search function!

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