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Is it possible for me to run a loop for a specified amount of time say 3 seconds?
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Mark
on 27 Mar 2013
This isn't a for loop, but you can get something like what you describe using a while loop.
t = now;
secondsToWait = 3;
while true
if now >= t + secondsToWait/24/60/60
break;
end
% Here you can put what you want to run...
end
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Mark
on 27 Mar 2013
This isn't perfect because if you have something that takes a long time to run, it won't be stopped by the loop until after it is finished.
Walter Roberson
on 27 Mar 2013
Also, if you use "now" then you are going to be referring to clock seconds rather than cpu seconds.
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