Timer whilst typing, any help??

[Mr Pteo]

So i was playing around making a sort of console style game today, but i met a problem that i can't seem to figure out.

I need my code to accept input via cin but also count down/up to a specified number.

then im going to have an if statement saying:

if(timervariable > 0){
    cout << "Well done";
}

Hope you understand me, and are able to help.

[Computergeek01]

You could keep a timer going with another thread, but it's far easier to just take a time stamp when the question is presented and another one after the user enters their answer, the difference between the two is the amount of time elapsed.

[Mr Pteo]

the timestamp idea sounds good, i haven't a clue how to do this so time to utilize google. Thanks for the help.

[dawtsf1187]

I did something similar a while back. I don't remember the details, but I believe I used

#include <time.h>

I think if you look up that header on this site, you can find some helpful info. Good luck.