I want to put a 3 second delay in my program

[zoonkai]

I'm a rookie to C++ so forgive me if this question is simplistic<br><br>if the user puts in incorrect input i want it to put the error....delay 3 seconds then give him another chance<br><br>after searching, i found a delay() command...but everytime i try to compile....it says that delay() is not defined..<br><br>i have included iostream, string, conio, and attempting to make this work&nbsp;&nbsp;'time' also......i don't know what to do...<br><br>any help would be greatly appreciated<br>Thanx<br>Donald<br><br><A HREF="mailto:zoonkai2@aol.com">zoonkai2@aol.com</A> or <A HREF="mailto:donnan@don-nan.com">donnan@don-nan.com</A><br><br> <p>Donald (Zoonkai) Dixon<br><a href=mailto:donnan@don-nan.com>donnan@don-nan.com</a><br><a href=

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[Pitt]

Zoonkai,<br><br>I haven't heard of the delay command, but your best bet is to include the cstdlib, or<br>with some compilers, the stdlib.&nbsp;&nbsp;If that doesn't work and you don't mind the poor style, you can always put a for loop in that runs without actually doing anything and just eats up time.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp; <p>-Pitt-<br><a href=mailtoitt6969@mindless.com>pitt6969@mindless.com</a><br><a href=

http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/GamerHeaven/>Gamer's

Heaven</a><br>

 

[hnd]

There are different possibilities to program a delay:<br><br>The function delay<br><br>The function sleep<br><br>Or if you have a window system you may use a timer which sends a &quot;Wakeup&quot; signal to itself.<br><br>in the moment I do not have an actual source, but each method works.<br><br> <p>M. Hund<br><a href=mailto:Manfred.hund@planet-interkom.de>Manfred.hund@planet-interkom.de</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[ssingh]

Use Sleep function . Which takes milliseconds as a parameter. So pass sleep(3000); . <br><br>Siddharha singh <p>Siddhartha Singh<br><a href=mailto:siddhu_singh@hotmail.com>siddhu_singh@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=siddhu.freehosting.net> </a><br>

 

[milosd]

The delay function is defined in dos.h. If you want to find where the functions are defined use the search index for compiled header files.(extension h)

 

[Elena]

Hi,

You need to include dos.h to use the delay() function.

 

[itgurru]

a o l
hi mr.

u need to added dos.h than ur required delay can be achieved.

note that sentex.

delay(1000);

will delay program for one second.

ok

bye

 

[pjcrazy]

use the clock() function like this
#include <time.h>

int main()
{


//Following code stops program for 3 seconds put
//command after the while loop not in the {}
clock_t start_time;
start_time = clock();

while((clock() - start_ time) < 3 * CLOCKS_PER_SEC)
{
}

return(0);



}