#include<iostream> #include<ctime> int main() { using namespace std; cout << "Enter the dealy time ,in seconds: "; float secs; cin >> secs; clock_t delay = secs * CLOCKS_PER_SEC; cout << "starting\a\n"; clock_t start = clock(); while(clock() - start < delay) ; cout << "done \a\n"; return 0; }