Thank You all for the great examples! I added a select {} at the end so the program will run forever. I am trying to have it as a deamon.
On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 6:37:12 AM UTC-5, Nathan Kerr wrote: > > NewTicker function example > > The task of running functions on a periodic basis can be split into two > parts: timing and execution. > > A ticker solves the timing problem by providing a channel that get new > input every period. Keeping the timing separate mitigates the impact of > execution on the timing period (e.g., it won’t be execution time + sleep > time) > > Execution can be solved by ranging over the ticker channel. The contents > of the loop will be run for each input received from the ticker channel. If > the loop executes in less than one period, the loop will execute every > period. > > Since tickers use channels, the execution loop can be run anywhere, though > they are frequently used in goroutines because the program is also doing > something else. > > I would simplify Rodolfo’s examples to: > > package main > > import ( > "fmt" > "time" > ) > > func square(x int) int { > return x * x > } > > func cube(x int) int { > return x * x * x > } > > func main() { > ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second) > > for range ticker.C { > fmt.Println(square(10)) > fmt.Println(cube(10)) > } > } > > This will run square and cube every 5 seconds while the program is > executing. > > On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 2:39:12 AM UTC+1, Keith Brown wrote: >> >> Oddly, I can't find a single example on the world wide web for what I am >> trying to do. >> >> I have 2 functions which I want to run on a periodic basis. The functions >> are square and cube. >> Here is my code so far. https://play.golang.org/p/akMxcg2Sra >> But, I am not sure how to schedule these functions. I looked here, >> https://gobyexample.com/tickers, but really isn't that helpful or >> intuitive. >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.