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How do you use make pauses in C++: if you for instance need to make a pause on 3.33 seconds or something like that. ANd what header and functions should I use. I would like to se an example if possible.
thx
It depends on your system architecture and language.
In windows, you can include <windows.h> and then have access to the function
timeGetTime(); which returns the time your system has been up in ms. Dump that into a long (or other such variable) and check it to see if it has increased by 3330 ms (3.33 seconds).
There is also a function in <windows.h>, Sleep(int x), which should sleep you for x seconds. (you could use 3.)
In unix/linux there is a function in <unistd.h> called sleep(int x), whereby the system will do nothing for x seconds. You could also use usleep(int x) (same header) and it will cause the system to sleep for x microseconds.
(There may or may not be a usleep function in windows.)
Cheers!
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Andrew T. Rich
[edited by - taratr98 on May 6, 2002 11:13:18 AM]
In windows, you can include <windows.h> and then have access to the function
timeGetTime(); which returns the time your system has been up in ms. Dump that into a long (or other such variable) and check it to see if it has increased by 3330 ms (3.33 seconds).
There is also a function in <windows.h>, Sleep(int x), which should sleep you for x seconds. (you could use 3.)
In unix/linux there is a function in <unistd.h> called sleep(int x), whereby the system will do nothing for x seconds. You could also use usleep(int x) (same header) and it will cause the system to sleep for x microseconds.
(There may or may not be a usleep function in windows.)
Cheers!
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Andrew T. Rich
[edited by - taratr98 on May 6, 2002 11:13:18 AM]
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Thanks a loot for you help Andrew T. Rich
I''m still not sure where those functions come from, what headerfile do I need to include to be able to use the functions you suggested?
can you make an example where the for loop prints "hello" every 0.33 second?
I need this so that I can make a physical simulation.
thx again!
I''m still not sure where those functions come from, what headerfile do I need to include to be able to use the functions you suggested?
can you make an example where the for loop prints "hello" every 0.33 second?
I need this so that I can make a physical simulation.
thx again!
First off, my original post was screwed up. I tried to put in the various header files, but I was trying to use regular less-than and greater-than symbols, and it was interpreting those as HTML tags. I fixed my post up there so it properly shows the include files.
Tell me what platform (Win32 or Linux/Unix) you''re using and I''ll write up a quick piece of example code.
-ATR-
Tell me what platform (Win32 or Linux/Unix) you''re using and I''ll write up a quick piece of example code.
-ATR-
generally at the bottom of function documentation in the VC++ documentation it tells you what to include.
in this case indexing to timeGetTime in the help we see at the very bottom:
Header: Declared in mmsystem.h.
Import Library: Use winmm.lib.
dont forget the lib file if you go this route =) that ones not included into a project by default.
is it best? ive used it before. its a low ramp technique give it a whirl. theres other ways. prolly better ways but none that will get you moving on a time controlled loop as fast.
in this case indexing to timeGetTime in the help we see at the very bottom:
Header: Declared in mmsystem.h.
Import Library: Use winmm.lib.
dont forget the lib file if you go this route =) that ones not included into a project by default.
is it best? ive used it before. its a low ramp technique give it a whirl. theres other ways. prolly better ways but none that will get you moving on a time controlled loop as fast.
quote:Original post by taratr98
There is also a function in , Sleep(int x), which should sleep you for x seconds. (you could use 3.)
Just a minor note, the value you send to Sleep() must be in milliseconds, not seconds. For example, Sleep(4500) will sleep for 4.5 seconds.
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