Delaying a loop for a specified time

by Anonymous Monk

on Aug 21, 2001 at 14:53 UTC ( [id://106508]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )

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Is it possible to insert a delay value into a loop, so that it will wait for a set amount of time, before running the loop again?

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Re: Delaying a loop for a specified time by busunsl (Vicar) on Aug 21, 2001 at 14:59 UTC
Sure, try sleep.	[reply]
Re: Delaying a loop for a specified time by ChOas (Curate) on Aug 21, 2001 at 15:00 UTC
sleep(number of seconds to sleep); or select(undef,undef,undef,(number of seconds to sleep)); When using select you can use millisecond timing like filling in 0.5 for a 500 millisecond sleep... GreetZ!, ChOas print "profeth still\n" if /bird\|devil/;	[reply]
Re: Delaying a loop for a specified time by tune (Curate) on Aug 21, 2001 at 15:22 UTC
Also try Time::HiRes for split second sleep and for much more features. -- tune	[reply]

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