Delay/Sleep help needed in C++

[Dlyons0129]

Greetings,

I am very new to writing code and am attempting to alter a program I have by simply adding in a 40 second delay. After doing some searching online, it seemed like all I would need is to include the following header file text to the beginning of my program ( #include<stdio.h> and #include<stdlib.h> ) then I would be able to use the delay(40000); function. This does not seem to work. I am 100% certain I am doing something wrong and was wondering if anyone would able to offer some assistance.

Please let me know if you need any further information. Thank you.

[Matticus]

There is no standard library function for such a delay.

Look into the OS-specific "Sleep()" and "sleep()" functions.

[Dlyons0129]

Great! So the "Sleep()" function is what I need. Thank you.

I believe my implementation of the function is what I am unsuccessful with. I tried to include the sleep function but cannot successfully do so due to error(s). Is there a header file that is needed or is Sleep(40000); wrong? I am using MPLAB X by the way on Windows OS.

My apologies by the way for asking any dumb/easy questions. I am very new to programming and this is my first time posting to a forum. Thanks in advance to any help!

[Matticus]

If you were writing a program in Windows, you'd need to include "Windows.h".

If you're writing for a microcontroller, however, you'd need a delay function defined by your particular environment.

MPLAB X is an IDE, so you need to determine what compiler you're using and look up delay in the documentation. This IDE typically comes bundled with the MPLAB XC compiler, which implements "_delay()", "__delay_ms()", and "__delay_us()" functions. See section 3.5.10 in the user's guide.

My apologies by the way for asking any dumb/easy questions. I am very new to programming and this is my first time posting to a forum. Thanks in advance to any help!

No need for apologies, we were all beginners at some point. We are here to help.

[Dlyons0129]

Great! Yes, looks like it works. That user's guide spelled it out very well also. Thank you for all your help!