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Fixed-time Pausing in C
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Use the clock function defined in time.h<br><br>void Sleep( clock_t wait )<br>{<br> clock_t goal;<br><br> goal = wait + clock();<br> while( goal > clock() )<br> ;<br>}<br><br> <p> <br><a href=mailto:Kim_Christensen@telus.net>Kim_Christensen@telus.net</a><br><a href= Page</a><br>
Not sure if the above can handle anything smaller than seconds, but if you need to wait for a granularity of time less than one second you can use select():<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace>include <sys/time.h><br><br>void main<br>{<br> struct timeval timeout;<br><br> /* set timeout to 0 seconds and 200 milliseconds */<br> timeout.tv_sec = 0;<br> timeout.tv_usec = 200;<br><br> /* waits for 200 milliseconds */<br> select(NULL, NULL, NULL, &timeout);<br>}</font><br><br>Hope that helps!<br>Loon
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