Wait

[drdroid]

I'm using Borland C++. I tried a few different things that I found here on the board, faq etc. But none of them work. Do you know how to delay, or make a program wait, but not for system time eithor I mean regular time.

[moemen ahmed]

you may use this


for (i=0;i<1000;i++);


i wish it works

[taylorguitarman]

Doesn't Borland have a Sleep(milliseconds) function?
I'm pretty sure it does. I don't know what header it's in though. Sorry.

[taylorguitarman]

Or you could roll your own-

#include <cstdio>
#include <ctime>

void Sleep(int MilliSeconds)
{
 // CLOCKS_PER_SEC / 1000 gives the number of system clock ticks per millisecond
 int TicksPerMilliSec = CLOCKS_PER_SEC / 1000;

 // Set the desired looping time value
 int LoopingTime = clock() / TicksPerMilliSec + MilliSeconds;

 // loop until the desired amount of milliseconds has passed
 while(LoopingTime > clock() / TicksPerMilliSec)
 {
  // just keep looping
 }
}

int main()
{
 Sleep(2000);

 printf("Program running for %d seconds\n", clock() / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);

 Sleep(2000);

 printf("Program running for %d seconds\n", clock() / CLOCKS_PER_SEC);

 return 0;
}

[samGwilliam]

Er... Borland C has always had delay (millisecs).

[tim545666]

It does have one called Sleep(milliseconds). The header should be in one of the following: conio.h, windows.h, dos.h, stdlib.h, or stdio.h.

[drdroid]

I've used them but not a single one works...

[drdroid]

The bigger function works... Thanx

[pode]

u can use

_sleep(avalue);