[Tutor] Primitive Chess Clock Program Question

[Homme, James]

Hi,
So far, I know about raw_input as a way to get something from the keyboard into my program. My question is this. Let's say I am trying to subtract time from a value as though someone is thinking and they want to type in a move. If my program prints a prompt to the screen, while the person is thinking, is it still running, or is it asleep?

Another way to put this is, can my program use one of the functions in datetime to keep ticking off seconds for itself, but not show them to the user while it's waiting for input, or do I need to simply check the time after they type their move in, then update the clock at that point?

Thanks.

Jim

Jim Homme,
Usability Services,
Phone: 412-544-1810.


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