Delaying (pausing) C++ progam?

[kook04]

Is it possible to place a "pause" in a C++ app? Basically, I want to execute an instruction, pause maybe 2 seconds, execute the next instruction. I know these capabilities exist in Java, how about C++?

Thanks...Kennedy ------
Kennedy Roberts

 

[Cagliostro]

Sleep(2000);//sleep in milliseconds John Fill

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[kook04]

Is there an include statement I need to use? I am getting an error.

Thanks ------
Kennedy Roberts

 

[Cagliostro]

#include<windows.h> John Fill

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[kook04]

I'm sorry to keep bothering you, but I still get this error:

error C2065: 'sleep' : undeclared identifier

I have included <windows.h> according to you suggestion.


Thanks...Kennedy ------
Kennedy Roberts

 

[StukA]

Did you use sleep() or Sleep() - in Windows it needs to be capitalized.

 

[kook04]

Thank you. ------
Kennedy Roberts

 

[joeGrammar]

You could also do a for loop such as

for (int i = 1; i<100000; i++)

or a similar while loop adjusting the number to the desired pause time

 

[StukA]

joeCpp-
That loop is not a good idea - it causes the program to use CPU cycles, while Sleep() actually avoids that by alerting the OS that the process/thread is going to be inactive.

 

[Cagliostro]

Also the loop is always a bad idea in a multithreading environment. Even you know exactly how many steps are executed and know exactly how much time is required for one single step, in a multithreading environment you'll know never how much time will take all steps. John Fill

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[ccprgrmr]

I use system(&quot;pause&quot with <iostream.h> and <iomanip.h>

it stops the program run, then hit the space bar to resume.

John Garrison


John Garrison
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