Thread: Printing a string with a time delay

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    Registered User Finchie_88's Avatar
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    Question Printing a string with a time delay

    is there a way to make the characters in a string to print off 1 by 1, with a random time delay between the showing each of the letters, I can already do the random part, so that isnt the problem, the problem is making the letters show each other 1 by 1, and that is where I need a little help...

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    actually, on second thoughts, I realised how simple it is, and how stupid the question is, I thought of a way round the problem, even though im sure that it isnt the most efficient way to do it...


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    Here's one way using iterators:
    Code:
    #include <cstdlib>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    #include <windows.h>
    
    int main()
    {
      typedef std::string::const_iterator iter;
    
      std::string msg ( "This is a message" );
      iter begin = msg.begin();
      iter end = msg.end();
    
      for ( iter it = begin; it != end; ++it ) {
        std::cout.put ( *it );
        Sleep ( std::rand() / ( RAND_MAX / 1000 ) );
      }
    
      std::cout<<std::endl;
    }
    And another using indices:
    Code:
    #include <cstdlib>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    #include <windows.h>
    
    int main()
    {
      typedef std::string::size_type iter;
    
      std::string msg ( "This is a message" );
      iter end = msg.size();
    
      for ( iter it = 0; it != end; ++it ) {
        std::cout.put ( msg[it] );
        Sleep ( std::rand() / ( RAND_MAX / 1000 ) );
      }
    
      std::cout<<std::endl;
    }
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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