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From: Ray <crwhite12@airmail7.net>
Subject: Re: Keyboard input time out routine
Date: 1999/11/11
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Thanks Matthew, I was able to expand your information to get a working idea of
what to do.  Looks like I need to write a procedure (like I did in C++ using
kbhit and getch) to process any keystrokes and build the number, and time out if
the enter key is not hit in the allotted time.

Matthew Heaney wrote:
> Ray <crwhite12@airmail7.net>  wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to allow a max time for keyboard (math speed test program),
> > but the following code only sort of works.  It times out, but waits for
> > an input (unused) before printing out the message.  I want the message
> > to print as soon as the time allotted for input has passed.  Hints? Is
> > select even the right way to go (pulled the code from the help docs)?
> 
> I don't think your ATC example will work.  You could try polling the
> input using Get_Immediate:
> 
> declare
>   C : Character;
>   Available : Boolean;
> begin
>   for I in 1 .. 50 loop
>     Get_Immediate (C, Available);
>     exit when Available;
>     delay 0.1;
>   end loop;
> 
>   if Available then
>     <do whatever>
>   else
>     Put_Line ("No data entered.");
>   end if;
> end;


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