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Return number of clock ticks since process start

Return number of clock ticks since process start

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

void wait ( int seconds ) {
  clock_t endwait;
  endwait = clock () + seconds * CLK_TCK ;
  
  while (clock() < endwait) {
  }
}

int main ()
{
  int i;
  printf ("Starting count down...\n");
  
  for (i = 20; i > 0; i--) {
    printf (" i = %d\n",i);
    wait (1);
  }
  
  printf ("Done!!!\n");
  
  return 0;
}

           
       








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