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Time-Limited Input? [duplicate]

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If it is acceptable to block the main thread when user haven’t provided an answer: from threading import Timer timeout = 10 t = Timer(timeout, print, [‘Sorry, times up’]) t.start() prompt = “You have %d seconds to choose the correct answer…\n” % timeout answer = input(prompt) t.cancel() Otherwise, you could use @Alex Martelli’s answer (modified … Read more

Resettable Java Timer

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According to the Timer documentation, in Java 1.5 onwards, you should prefer the ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor instead. (You may like to create this executor using Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor() for ease of use; it creates something much like a Timer.) The cool thing is, when you schedule a task (by calling schedule()), it returns a ScheduledFuture object. You can use … Read more

How do you time a function in Go and return its runtime in milliseconds?

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Go’s defer makes this trivial. In Go 1.x, define the following functions: func trace(s string) (string, time.Time) { log.Println(“START:”, s) return s, time.Now() } func un(s string, startTime time.Time) { endTime := time.Now() log.Println(” END:”, s, “ElapsedTime in seconds:”, endTime.Sub(startTime)) } After that, you get Squeaky Clean one line elapsed time log messages: func someFunction() … Read more

VBA Macro On Timer style to run code every set number of seconds, i.e. 120 seconds

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When the workbook first opens, execute this code: alertTime = Now + TimeValue(“00:02:00”) Application.OnTime alertTime, “EventMacro” Then just have a macro in the workbook called “EventMacro” that will repeat it. Public Sub EventMacro() ‘… Execute your actions here’ alertTime = Now + TimeValue(“00:02:00”) Application.OnTime alertTime, “EventMacro” End Sub