C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Time          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Michael Guest Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:40 pm    Post subject: Time im new to this c++ programming im making a game and need to workout how to do certain things like run functions at a certain time after the program has run eg after 10 seconds run the pen function can anyone help please?? thanx michael Back to top osmium Guest Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Time Michael <michaelhims (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: im new to this c++ programming im making a game and need to workout how to do certain things like run functions at a certain time after the program has run eg after 10 seconds run the pen function can anyone help please?? thanx michael Back to top osmium Guest Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Time Michael writes: Quote: im new to this c++ programming im making a game and need to workout how to do certain things like run functions at a certain time after the program has run eg after 10 seconds run the pen function Sorry for the blank post. C++ comes with functions cclock() and ctime() which may be helpful. But your particular compiler may have something better which probably has "sleep" somehow suggested by the name. So if you don't like cclock or ctime and you can't find anything better with that hint, post to a newsgroup for your particular compiler. Back to top Gianni Mariani Guest Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 3:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Time {OT response] Michael wrote: Quote: im new to this c++ programming im making a game and need to workout how to do certain things like run functions at a certain time after the program has run eg after 10 seconds run the pen function can anyone help please?? Apart from the standard facilities provided by the compiler (as mentioned in the previous post), you may find other facilities provided by the OS might be more interesting. Unix has an "alarm" method that will cause a signal to be sent as well as various other timer facilities. If you don't need asynchronous timing, you mat be able to use the "select" or "poll" system calls that allow you to both wait on input and a timeout. All of these facilities require quite a significant understanding of how they interact with the C++ library - not somthing a beginner will find trivial. Back to top Michael Guest Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Time its dev-cpp the beta version but thanx ill give it a try "osmium" <r124c4u102 (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Michael writes: im new to this c++ programming im making a game and need to workout how to do certain things like run functions at a certain time after the program has run eg after 10 seconds run the pen function Sorry for the blank post. C++ comes with functions cclock() and ctime() which may be helpful. But your particular compiler may have something better which probably has "sleep" somehow suggested by the name. So if you don't like cclock or ctime and you can't find anything better with that hint, post to a newsgroup for your particular compiler. Back to top Mike Wahler Guest Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Time "osmium" <r124c4u102 (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Michael writes: im new to this c++ programming im making a game and need to workout how to do certain things like run functions at a certain time after the program has run eg after 10 seconds run the pen function Sorry for the blank post. C++ comes with functions cclock() and ctime() That's clock() and time(). Declared by header <ctime> (or <time.h>). -Mike Back to top Michael Guest Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Time wut do i write in the brackets?? "Mike Wahler" <mkwahler (AT) mkwahler (DOT) net> wrote Quote: "osmium" <r124c4u102 (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote in message news:2pe8p4Fk66bmU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de... Michael writes: im new to this c++ programming im making a game and need to workout how to do certain things like run functions at a certain time after the program has run eg after 10 seconds run the pen function Sorry for the blank post. C++ comes with functions cclock() and ctime() That's clock() and time(). Declared by header <ctime (or -Mike Back to top Mike Wahler Guest Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:35 am    Post subject: Re: Time "Michael" <michaelhims (AT) blueyonder (DOT) co.uk> wrote Quote: wut do i write in the brackets?? [Please don't top post.] What do you mean by your question? Do you mean "how do I use those functions?" If so, you need a standard library reference so you can look them up. This could be from a textbook or from your compiler documentation. For C++ books, see www.accu.org for reviews and recommendations. -Mike Back to top Karthik Kumar Guest Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:57 am    Post subject: Re: Time Michael wrote: Quote: wut do i write in the brackets?? "Mike Wahler" <mkwahler (AT) mkwahler (DOT) net> wrote in message news:CDsYc.2085$8d1.535 (AT) newsread2 (DOT) news.pas.earthlink.net... "osmium" <r124c4u102 (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote in message news:2pe8p4Fk66bmU1 (AT) uni-berlin (DOT) de... Michael writes: im new to this c++ programming im making a game and need to workout how to do certain things like run functions at a certain time after the program has run eg after 10 seconds run the pen function Sorry for the blank post. C++ comes with functions cclock() and ctime() That's clock() and time(). Declared by header <ctime (or -Mike There are two levels of granularities here - in terms of seconds and clocks. CLK_TCK macro would get the number of clock ticks per second. So depending on your profiling necessity, you can choose from one of the two. Aliter: This link might be helpful .. http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/ctime/ . -- Karthik. 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