can we force a c++ program to end after a certain amount of time
i want to force my program to quit after a certain amount of time so that it would not go on for ever..... :)
gogoc 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostYes.
Jump to Postuse the time() function if you only want accuracy to the second, of clock() for milliseconds.
const time_t MaxTime = 60*60; // one minute timer time_t t1 = time(0); // start the timer bool done = false; while( !done ) { time_t t2 = time(0); // get …
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Narue 5,707 Bad Cop Team Colleague
Yes.
twomers 408 Posting Virtuoso
Probably a good idea.
gogoc 0 Newbie Poster
thanks for the quick reply
how can we do that??
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
use the time() function if you only want accuracy to the second, of clock() for milliseconds.
const time_t MaxTime = 60*60; // one minute timer
time_t t1 = time(0); // start the timer
bool done = false;
while( !done )
{
time_t t2 = time(0); // get current time
if( (t2-t1) >= maxtime)
done = true;
// do some processing here
}Or you could create another thread that does the timer stuff. When time is expired the timer thread tells the main thread to quit.
gogoc 0 Newbie Poster
thanks Dragon i will check it out and then revert back to u :)
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