I'm trying to find a way of causing the program to not pause but for their to be a delay to execute certain tasks. I.e. I am trying to delay outputting 'Hello' to the console for 10 seconds for example, but the program will continue to execute the rest of the program.
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You could start another thread which itself pauses for 10 seconds and then writes to the console.David– David2017-02-14 20:01:26 +00:00Commented Feb 14, 2017 at 20:01
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Using TPL:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Starting at " + DateTime.Now.ToString());
Task.Run(() =>
{
Thread.Sleep(10000);
Console.WriteLine("Done sleeping " + DateTime.Now.ToString());
});
Console.WriteLine("Press any Key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
output:
Starting at 2/14/2017 3:05:09 PM
Press any Key...
Done sleeping 2/14/2017 3:05:19 PM
just note that if you press a key before 10 seconds, it will exit.
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There are 2 typical ways to simulate a delay:
- an asynchronous task-like:
Task.Delay - or a blocking activity:
Thread.Sleep
You seem to refer to the first situation.
Here it is an example
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Both();
}
static void Both() {
var list = new Task [2];
list[0] = PauseAndWrite();
list[1] = WriteMore();
Task.WaitAll(list);
}
static async Task PauseAndWrite() {
await Task.Delay(2000);
Console.WriteLine("A !");
}
static async Task WriteMore() {
for(int i = 0; i<5; i++) {
await Task.Delay(500);
Console.WriteLine("B - " + i);
}
}
Output
B - 0
B - 1
B - 2
A !
B - 3
B - 4
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Start a new thread:
Task.Factory.StartNew(new Action(() =>
{
Thread.Sleep(1000 * 10); // sleep for 10 seconds
Console.Write("Whatever");
}));
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You could use a combination of Task.Delay and ContinueWith methods:
Task.Delay(10000).ContinueWith(_ => Console.WriteLine("Done"));
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You could use 'Thread.Sleep(10000);'
See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d00bd51t(v=vs.110).aspx
