Help With A Timer And Stopping It.
 

Hey Guys, im trying to create a timer in c++ that starts at one, and every second the program displays the next number starting from -15, i have the start, but what i want is a breaker button... Such as while its counting, i want to be able to press either the space, enter, 1, or 0 button on the keyboard to break the timer and then display the timers current value.
Heres What I Have So Far. (Note: my script is far longer than this and so some of my #includes are necessary that you don't see)
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#include <iostream>

#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace std;

#include <cmath>

#include <windows.h>

#include <mmsystem.h>



void main()

{

cout <<"\n\nPress 1 Then Enter To Begin: ";

int anykey;

cin >> anykey;



if (anykey)

{

int timer = -15;

while (timer < 45)

        {

                cout <<++timer <<", ";

                        Sleep(1000);

                        int key;

                        cin >> key;

                                switch(key)

                                {case 1:

                                cout <<"Your Time Was: " << timer;}

}

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If Anyone Can Help.... Please Do :-P

Thanks!


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Re: Help With A Timer And Stopping It.
 

perhaps using a while loop, it goes round until an external varible changes to 1? whilst x!= 1 or space or somethng?

Re: Help With A Timer And Stopping It.
 

Prehaps you can give me an example as to I am still confused. How do I give the user the ability to press a button while a operation (the timer counting) is going? If you or anyone else can kinda alter this script and post it, I would be sincerly greatful.

Thanks,