For example could I make it type something like
"Hello"
"This"
"Is"
"A"
"Test"
With 1 second intervals in-between each new line?
Thanks,
Well the sleep()
function does it, there are several ways to use it;
On linux:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h> // notice this! you need it!
int main(){
printf("Hello,");
sleep(5); // format is sleep(x); where x is # of seconds.
printf("World");
return 0;
}
And on windows you can use either dos.h or windows.h like this:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h> // notice this! you need it! (windows)
int main(){
printf("Hello,");
Sleep(5); // format is Sleep(x); where x is # of milliseconds.
printf("World");
return 0;
}
or you can use dos.h for linux style sleep like so:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <dos.h> // notice this! you need it! (windows)
int main(){
printf("Hello,");
sleep(5); // format is sleep(x); where x is # of seconds.
printf("World");
return 0;
}
And that is how you sleep in C on both windows and linux! For windows both methods should work. Just change the argument for # of seconds to what you need, and insert wherever you need a pause, like after the printf as I did. Also, Note: when using windows.h, please remember the capital S
in sleep, and also thats its milliseconds! (Thanks to Chris for pointing that out)