Question

I have a while loop that runs in a do while loop. I need the while loop to run exactly every second no faster no slower. but i’m not sure how i would do that. this is the loop, off in its own function. I have heard of the sleep() function but I also have heard that it is not very accurate.

int min5()
{
    int second = 00;
    int minute = 0;
    const int ZERO = 00;

    do{
        while (second <= 59){
        if(minute == 5) break;
        second += 1;
        if(second == 60) minute += 1;
        if(second == 60) second = ZERO;
        if(second < 60) cout << "Current Time> "<< minute <<" : "<< second <<" \n";
        }
      } while (minute <= 5);
}

Answer 1

The best accuracy you can achieve is by using Operating System (OS) functions. You need to find the API that also has a callback function. The callback function is a function you write that the OS will call when the timer has expired.

Be aware that the OS may lose timing precision due to other tasks and activities that are running while your program is executing.