'wait' undeclared?

OK I feel really stupid for this, but I can't get it to work. I thought you just needed #include<time.h> at the top to use it, but obviously not, so can anyone tell me what it should be instead of time.h please?

perhaps this?

Code:

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#include <ctime>

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Code:

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void wait ( int seconds )
{
  clock_t endwait;
  endwait = clock () + seconds * CLK_TCK ;
  while (clock() < endwait) {}
}

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That is a very bad wait function consider what it is doing... you are putting it into an loop where it will be sucking up the processor hardcore. A better solution is Sleep/sleep, search it on the board to find a nice function that is crossplatform

You're right, Sleep(); is better. That's in milliseconds, right? So, Sleep(1000);

Yes, it's in milliseconds. Sleep(1000); is about 1 second. Make sure to:

Code:

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#include <windows.h>

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However, it's platform dependent!

Oh and remember the uppercase issue with sleep().

In C it is:

sleep(1000);

In C++ it is:

Sleep(1000);

Very easy mistake to make

You're kidding, right?

C and C++ don't have sleep() as part of the standard.

I believe its Sleep() - the WinAPI, and sleep() - the windows.h function.

Sleep() - win32

sleep() - *nix

Code:

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void wait(size_t ms)
{
    #ifdef WIN32
        #include <windows.h>
        Sleep(ms);
    #else
        #include <unistd.h>
        usleep(ms);
    #endif
}

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Or did our friend want this wait()...

I ... don't think it's a very good idea to include headers within functions.

Oh no, I really don't.

What happened to the xp_sleep functions I posted a few weeks back? The board can't find them, and neither can the other board at which I post regularly.

http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showp...66&postcount=9