Thread: timer

hello, i know this has been posted many times, and i have read all of the other threads.
what i want to do is count down in seconds from 10 to 1 and display it on screen. (just as an example)
But, i dont want to use the sleep function, because its not portable.
i have recently read somewhere how to do it. But i cant remember where!

please help.

This thread covers most all your options.

gg

looks like i will have to use sleep() then, as for the portable solution kills the computer.

but when i put the code:

Code:

#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main()
{
for(int c=0;c<10;c++)
{
	cout<<c;
	Sleep(10);
}
return 0;
}

it just waits for 10 miliseconds an then writes 123456789 all at the same time, instead of waiting 10 miliseconds each time through the loop?

10 milliseconds is one hundreth of a second, not a long time! Try a larger value like a thousand(one second).

yes i know, if i put 1000 in it waits 10 seconds and then prints 123456789 all at the same time. i dont know why?