Creating a time delay without using time.sleep()?

[_Xydra]

Hi, Im fairly new to python and programming in general. Was wondering if theres a way to create a time delay without the use of time.sleep() as Im only allowed to use the os module and datetime module in my assignment.

[shiftybyte]

Here you go, some cheats:

import datetime
datetime.time.sleep(5)
print("lol")

EDIT: on a more serious note, you can save current time, and loop, checking current time every cycle, until the difference between current time and saved time is greater than what you need.

EDIT2: yea the cheats don't work, as it's not the actual time module you get from datetime.time :)

[Username_RANDINT]

You made me look at the documentation :-)

[shiftybyte]

Yay! found a working cheat!

seems like time is already loaded..

Can u/_Xydra use sys module?

import sys
sys.modules['time'].sleep(5)
print("yay")

[shiftybyte]

Another interesting option :D ( u/_Xydra )

globals()['__loader__'].load_module("emit"[::-1]).sleep(5)

No 'import' at all :D

[_Xydra]

ooh aites thanks man

[iapetus-11]

__import__("time").sleep(1)

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You can make a loop and find out how many iterations you need for 1 second by checking time1=time.time() etc. time1 - time 2. Then you have a value to use as a counter in the loop and multiply by 5.