Golang golang-ticker (snippet)

Go programming example 'golang-ticker'

golang-ticker

Golang beginners example: golang-ticker

package main

import (
    "crypto/rand"
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func getrandom() int {
    b := make([]byte, 2)
    rand.Read(b)
    number := uint32(b[0]) | (uint32(b[1]) << 8)
    return int(number)
}

func main() {
    var x int
    ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Millisecond * 500)
    go func() {
        for t := range ticker.C {
            fmt.Printf("ticker:\t%d\tat:\t", x)
            fmt.Println(t)
        }
    }()

    go func() {
        for {
            x = getrandom()
        }
    }()

    time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
    ticker.Stop()
    fmt.Println("Ticker stopped")
}

Useful links

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