ive been writing a c++ program to make a quiz but i couldn't figure out about how u can put a timer.
the timer should actually countdown from 20 to 1 and once the time is over it has 2 move on to the next question and no points should b given 4 that question.
can someone write out a code and explain the logic to me.
p.s in the code please include a question
you have to put the timer code in a second thread then when someone types something in thread1 kill the timer thread. How to construct new threads depends on the operating system.
this maybe what your looking for
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/ctime/clock.html
Not for this purpose because you can't get keyboard input while that wait function is working.
There is a way to do it with non-standard c functions from conio.h, but they are generally discouraged because most compilers don't implement them.
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