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Waiting a Certain Amount of Time
CodeExpectedActual
3.downto(1) { |i| puts "#{i}..."; sleep(1) }; puts "Go!"
 
3...
2...
1...
Go!
 
3...
2...
1...
Go!
 
Time.new
 Sat Mar 18 21:17:58 EST 2006 Mon Mar 27 16:43:36 EST 2006 
sleep(10)                    
Time.new
 Sat Mar 18 21:18:08 EST 2006 Mon Mar 27 16:43:46 EST 2006 
sleep(1)
Time.new
 Sat Mar 18 21:18:09 EST 2006 Mon Mar 27 16:43:47 EST 2006 
Time.new.usec
 377185 108809 
sleep(0.1)
Time.new.usec
 479230 210267 
interval = 1.0
10.times do |x|
  t1 = Time.new
  sleep(interval)
  actual = Time.new - t1
  difference = (actual-interval).abs
  percent_difference = difference / interval * 100
  printf("Expected: %.9f Actual: %.6f Difference: %.6f (%.2f%%)\n",
         interval, actual, difference, percent_difference)
  interval /= 10
end
 
Expected: 1.000000000 Actual: 0.999420 Difference: 0.000580 (0.06%)
Expected: 0.100000000 Actual: 0.099824 Difference: 0.000176 (0.18%)
Expected: 0.010000000 Actual: 0.009912 Difference: 0.000088 (0.88%)
Expected: 0.001000000 Actual: 0.001026 Difference: 0.000026 (2.60%)
Expected: 0.000100000 Actual: 0.000913 Difference: 0.000813 (813.00%)
Expected: 0.000010000 Actual: 0.000971 Difference: 0.000961 (9610.00%)
Expected: 0.000001000 Actual: 0.000975 Difference: 0.000974 (97400.00%)
Expected: 0.000000100 Actual: 0.000015 Difference: 0.000015 (14900.00%)
Expected: 0.000000010 Actual: 0.000024 Difference: 0.000024 (239900.00%)
Expected: 0.000000001 Actual: 0.000016 Difference: 0.000016 (1599900.00%)
 
Expected: 1.000000000 Actual: 1.012253 Difference: 0.012253 (1.23%)
Expected: 0.100000000 Actual: 0.100122 Difference: 0.000122 (0.12%)
Expected: 0.010000000 Actual: 0.010054 Difference: 0.000054 (0.54%)
Expected: 0.001000000 Actual: 0.000832 Difference: 0.000168 (16.80%)
Expected: 0.000100000 Actual: 0.001280 Difference: 0.001180 (1180.00%)
Expected: 0.000010000 Actual: 0.000670 Difference: 0.000660 (6600.00%)
Expected: 0.000001000 Actual: 0.000980 Difference: 0.000979 (97900.00%)
Expected: 0.000000100 Actual: 0.000019 Difference: 0.000019 (18900.00%)
Expected: 0.000000010 Actual: 0.000016 Difference: 0.000016 (159900.00%)
Expected: 0.000000001 Actual: 0.000015 Difference: 0.000015 (1499900.00%)
 
alarm = Thread.new(self) { sleep(5); Thread.main.wakeup }
puts "Going to sleep for 1000 seconds at #{Time.new}..."
sleep(10000); puts "Woke up at #{Time.new}!"
 
Going to sleep for 1000 seconds at Thu Oct 27 14:45:14 PDT 2005...
Woke up at Thu Oct 27 14:45:19 PDT 2005!
 
Going to sleep for 1000 seconds at Mon Mar 27 16:43:48 EST 2006...
Woke up at Mon Mar 27 16:43:53 EST 2006!
 
alarm = Thread.new(self) { sleep(5); Thread.main.wakeup }
puts "Goodbye, cruel world!"; 
Thread.stop; 
puts "I'm back; how'd that happen?"
 
Goodbye, cruel world!
I'm back; how'd that happen?
 
Goodbye, cruel world!
I'm back; how'd that happen?