waitUntil C++

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Is there an equivalent to the


waitUntil

function in VCS C++?

2

I mean you could do:


while(sensor < targetvalue);

Or if you want a simple wait amt of time you can do:


        task::sleep(timeinmiliseconds);
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Darn it, I really liked the waitUntil command. Thanks though.

4

You could always make a function called waitUntil and have a while in it.

waitUntil(SensorValue > 100);
is equivalent to:
while(SensorValue < 100);

I got used to it pretty quick going from RobotC to VCS. It’s just looks different, it has the same function.

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#define waitUntil(CONDITION) while(!(CONDITION))

Should work. I would recommend just getting used to writing


while

's, though, as you can do things like:

while(!(condition)) {
    this_thread::sleep_for(1);
}

The explicit call to a yielding method like sleep will help keep your program switching threads smoothly and not lock up on a check that won’t change for a good long while.

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