Is it possible to wait a few seconds before printing a new line in C?

c, line, time

Solution

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)

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