From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2008-10-06T04:20:40+09:00
Subject: Re: timeout question

El Domingo, 5 de Octubre de 2008, Li Chen escribió:
> Hi all,
>
> I iterate an array. During jumping from one element to the next one I
> need to get user input from the console. 1) If not input after 5 seconds
> I have to  jump to the next element. 2)If there is an input within 5
> seconds I go for  processing the input and then jump to the next
> element.
>
> I don't know how to implement the code for question 1. I wonder if
> anyone there has a good idea.

This works for me:

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ARRAY = %w{A B C D E}

ARRAY.each do |letter|
	
	@t_input = Thread.new do
		input = gets
		puts "#{letter} - String entered by user: #{input}"
	end
	
	@t_timer= Thread.new do
		sleep 3
		puts "Timeout, going to next element..."
		@t_input.terminate
	end
	
	@t_input.join
	@t_timer.terminate

end
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Iñaki Baz Castillo