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OK, why does this crash?
#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
time_t hold_t[500];
for(long x=0; x <=500; x++)
hold_t[x] = time(NULL);

bool ACTIVE = true;

while(ACTIVE)
{
cout << "\nThe time is " << hold_t << endl;
system("CLS");
if(x > 500)
ACTIVE = false;
}
return 0;
}

>>for(long x=0; x <=500; x++)

for(long x=0; x<500; x++)

>>if(x > 500)

if(x >= 500)

ok this program should appear as if it is updating the time
#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
bool ACTIVE = true;
int x;
time_t hold_t[500];
for(x = 0; x < 500; x++)
hold_t[x] = time(NULL);

x = 0;
while(ACTIVE)
{
cout << "\nThe time is " << hold_t[x] << endl;
Sleep(500);
system("CLS");
x++;
if(x > sizeof(hold_t))
ACTIVE = false;
}
return 0;
}

for some reason it only shows the same time :(

Yes, it should show the same time. Because your computer is so cool to do 500 times loop as a piece of cake.

???

What he means is:

Code:

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for(x = 0; x < 500; x++)
hold_t[x] = time(NULL);

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each value of hold_t is given the current time, but since it take less than a second to go thru that entire loop, their values are all the same.

this doesn't work either
#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
bool ACTIVE = true;
int x;
time_t hold_t[500];
for(x = 0; x < 500; x++)
hold_t[x] = time(NULL);

x = 0;
while(ACTIVE)
{
cout << "\nThe time is " << hold_t[x] << endl;
Sleep(1001);
system("CLS");
x++;
if(x > sizeof(hold_t))
ACTIVE = false;
}
return 0;
}

Well, after fiddling around with it I found the solution. I wish I would have known how to do this a few weeks ago.:(

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>
#include <conio.c>  /*EDIT: NOTICE THAT I CHANGED conio.h to 
                                    conio.c */
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
bool ACTIVE = true;
int x = 0;
time_t hold_t[500];
 
while(ACTIVE)
{
hold_t[x] = time(NULL);
cout << "\nThe time is " << hold_t[x] << endl;
Sleep(1000);
system("CLS");
x++;
 if(x > sizeof(hold_t))
  {
  ACTIVE = false;
  }
}

return 0;
}

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It increases the number by one every second.

Also, in fiddling around with it few times I found a way to get a good random number generator.:cool: It skips all around the place.

Cool, that works exactly as I wished. I guess I needed to update every second, derrr....silly me.

just to let you know it only works with conio.h (for me, under visual studio)

What compiler do you use?

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Cool, that works exactly as I wished. I guess I needed to update every second, derrr....silly me.

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Yeah, I know I was really glad to see it work too. A few weeks back I was trying to get a timer to work for my game, but I could never find anything that would work. Now that I know how to do a timer, I might go back and make a newer version of my game.

Quote:

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What compiler do you use?

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For DevC++4.01 and below you have to use "conio.c". For all other compilers and versions of Dev I believe using "conio.h" works just fine.

Quote:

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#include <conio.c> /*EDIT: NOTICE THAT I CHANGED conio.h to
conio.c */

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Okay, this is WRONG.
you should NOT be including *.c files, instead you should add them to your project.

If you do not know how to do this, look in the Dev-C++ Tutorial