倒记时程序

//  A macro constant called CLK_TCK defines the relation betwen clock tick and second

// (clock ticks per second).

//clock()函数Return number of clock ticks since process start 

/* clock example: countdown */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

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

int main ()
{
  int n;
  printf ("Starting countdown.../n");
  for (n=10; n>0; n--)
  {
    printf ("%d/n",n);
    wait (1);
  }
  printf ("FIRE!!!/n");
  return 0;
}

Output:
Starting countdown...
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
FIRE!!!