Is there a way to time a "While" loop? (Python)-CodePudding

I started teaching myself python a few days ago and today I was trying to make a "while" loop. However, it repeats itself very fast and I was looking for a way to slow it down.

def cursor():
    global cursors
    cursors  = 1
    while 1 == 1:
        print("test")

I am using "print(test) as a placeholder for what I need looped. It should print 'test' then wait for a second or two and print test again forever.

I would use a "for" loop but I don't know how to make it continue infinitely.

CodePudding user response：

You could just use time.sleep() within your loop. For example:

import time
def cursor():
    global cursors
    cursors  = 1
    while 1 == 1:
        print("test")
        time.sleep(5)

Whereas the number in the brackets is the amount of seconds to pause your loop.

CodePudding user response：

The library time can be used to pause (in seconds)

import time
cursors = 0

def cursor():
    global cursors
    while True:
        cursors  = 1
        print("test")
        time.sleep(1)    #pause 1 second
        if cursors == 10:    #break after 10 seconds
            break

You could also to specify another break condition to exit the loop