sleep()

[ddnh]

I'm trying to find out why the program doesn't sleep for 2 seconds after the first cout.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>

main()
{
cout << &quot;blah\n&quot;;
Sleep(2000);
cout << &quot;blah\n&quot;;
return 0;
}

 

[BobbyB]

cout << &quot;blah\n&quot;; only push the text on the screen buffer but don't force the cpu to draw it to the screen... That's why you're into the impression that the program waits for 2 seconds and then draw the text... It's in fact the end of the program that force the drawing.

Use
cout << &quot;blah&quot; << endl;

endl will force the cpu to draw the text...

hope this will help.

 

[ddnh]

Thanks.