How to make a timer with breaks

[xdfreaknikdx]

(Hi I need to add countdown timer to my perl program which starts from 00:01:00(1 minute)when I start running the script and in every 00:00:10 (10 seconds) the timer stops and the program will asks if you want to continue or stop the countdown. Thanks in advance.)

[Anonymous Monk]

(Hi I need to add countdown timer to my perl program which starts from 00:01:00(1 minute)when I start running the script and in every 00:00:10 (10 seconds) the timer stops and the program will asks if you want to continue or stop the countdown. Thanks in advance.)

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[MidLifeXis]

This sounds like a homework question (a question requiring a couple of concepts without an obvious real-world application). Don't be afraid to state that it is.

That being said, if I were to implement this, I would want a few items:

• A counter to store the remaining time (perhaps a global variable or a lexical variable or a Time::DurationTime::Interval or some other Interval object or some such; perlsyn for some background reading)
• A method to decrease the counter (see perlop and search for decrement)
• A method to display the counter in the correct format. (see printf as one option)
• A method to determine if I am at a 10 second mark (see perlop and search for modulo)
• A method to prompt a user for input (printf or Prompt might be useful)
• A method to compare strings (see perlop for the difference between eq/ne and ==/!= or perlretut for regular expression help)
• A method to break out of a loop (see perlsyn for last and next)

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