From: Li Chen <chen_li3@...>
Date: 2008-10-06T09:21:58+09:00
Subject: Re: timeout question

I単aki Baz Castillo wrote:
> El Domingo, 5 de Octubre de 2008, Li Chen escribi坦:
>> 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:
> 
> -------------
> 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


It doesn't work for me. The timeout hangs out for ever if no input is 
available.

Li
-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.