Countdown from 2 minutes - how?

[Fuzzyman]

henrik at wollesens.dk wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Can anyone tell me the python code for a simple countdown from eg. 2.00
> minutes.
>
> It should be printet out to the screen.
> When it is finished it should write "Time is up"
>
> Hope you can help.
>

You need the module ``time`` :

import time
start = time.time()
lastprinted = 0
finish = start + 120
while time.time() < finish:
    now = int(time.time())
    if now != lastprinted:
        print int(finish - now)
        lastprinted = now
    time.sleep(0.5)   # this stops the system hanging whilst this is
running

print "Time is up"

HTH

Fuzzyman
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> Henrik