On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 20:05, Trent Rigsbee wrote: > I'm sure this is easy but I'm a newbie. I was doing control statements (for, > while,etc.) like this: > > for ($count = 1; $count <= 5; $count++) { > print "$count\n"; > } > > What I wanted to do was to make each number appear in sequence like you see > in a countdown (or up, in this case) instead of all on the screen at once. > I've tried using sleep but I'm not getting anywhere with it. Any ideas? > Also, any methods or ideas on how to approach creating code in general? For > example, what's the thought process for trying to do what I want to do? I've > tried pseudo code and it's helped some but then I hit the wall and don't how > to go further. Thanks! >
Try this code....either of these might be what you're looking for #!/usr/bin/perl # use warnings; use strict; print "printing 1thru5 with buffering\n"; select undef, undef, undef, 0.25 or print $_ for 1 .. 5; print "\nflush forced\n"; $|++; print "printing 1thru5 without buffering\n"; select undef, undef, undef, 0.25 or print $_ for 1 .. 5; print "\nflush forced\n"; Hope this helps, -- Kevin Old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]