what is wrong with the function?

[yezi]

HI , all :

I want to control the event gap onto microsecond level , so I called
the function :

nanosleep(&req, &req);

according to the description of this function, I should set the

The structure timespec is used to specify intervals of time with
nanosecond precision. It is specified in <time.h> and has the
form


struct timespec
{
time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */
long tv_nsec; /* nanoseconds */
};


The value of the nanoseconds field must be in the range 0 to
999 999 999.

The code to control tv_nsec is:
float random;
int perCentage = 10;
int baseGap = 20000;

random = drand48();
req.tv_nsec = baseGap*(1- (perCentage/100) +
random*2*(perCe ntage/100));
printf("the time is %f",req.tv_nsec );

The output is :
baseGap is 20000
the random number is 8.700579e-01
the time is 1.000000395

My question is the time suppose is :

20000*(1- 0.1 + 2*0.8*0.1);


should around 20000.

BUt the value is not .

Why, thanks for any hint.

[Richard Heathfield]

Re: what is wrong with the function?

yezi said:
[color=blue]
> HI , all :
>
> I want to control the event gap onto microsecond level , so I called
> the function :
>
> nanosleep(&req, &req);[/color]

Try comp.unix.progr ammer - and check their FAQs first, just in case.

--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999

http://www.cpax.org.uk

email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)

[Ian Malone]

Re: what is wrong with the function?

yezi wrote:[color=blue]
> HI , all :
>
> I want to control the event gap onto microsecond level , so I called
> the function :
>
> nanosleep(&req, &req);[/color]

nanosleep is POSIX I believe, so questions specific to its use should
probably go to comp.unix.progr ammer, however nanosleep itself is
not your problem.
[color=blue]
>
> according to the description of this function, I should set the
>
> The structure timespec is used to specify intervals of time with
> nanosecond precision. It is specified in <time.h> and has the
> form
>
>
> struct timespec
> {
> time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */
> long tv_nsec; /* nanoseconds */
> };
>
>
> The value of the nanoseconds field must be in the range 0 to
> 999 999 999.
>
> The code to control tv_nsec is:
> float random;
> int perCentage = 10;
> int baseGap = 20000;
>
> random = drand48();
> req.tv_nsec = baseGap*(1- (perCentage/100) +
> random*2*(perCe ntage/100));[/color]

perCentage is an int and 100 is an integer constant. perCentage/100 = 0
You must cast one of them to a float type, although you may want to
consider making percentage a float type to start with.

Is there any reason to prefer
float random;
over
double random;
? Especially since the name of drand48() suggests to me that it gives
48bits precision (although it could equally mean it was written in
1948, or that it always returns 48).
[color=blue]
> printf("the time is %f",req.tv_nsec );
>[/color]

[color=blue]
> The output is :[/color]
[color=blue]
> the time is 1.000000395
>[/color]

"%f" is the specifier for a float. req.tv_nseq is a long int (assuming
req is an instance of timespec), you want "%li".

--
imalone

[yezi]

Re: what is wrong with the function?

Well, I try the "%li" and "%ld" the situation is more weird .

This time it shows :

the time is 200008
the baseGap is 20000.000000


Even 10 times of supposed value.

[Ian Malone]

Re: what is wrong with the function?

yezi wrote:[color=blue]
> Well, I try the "%li" and "%ld" the situation is more weird .
>
> This time it shows :
>
> the time is 200008
> the baseGap is 20000.000000
>
>
> Even 10 times of supposed value.
>[/color]

First: <http://cfaj.freeshell. org/google/>

Second I suppose it depends on the actual code: do you
have a small complete program that does this?

--
imalone

[Flash Gordon]

Re: what is wrong with the function?

yezi wrote:[color=blue]
> Well, I try the "%li" and "%ld" the situation is more weird .
>
> This time it shows :
>
> the time is 200008
> the baseGap is 20000.000000
>
> Even 10 times of supposed value.[/color]

Then either you have an error calculating them or something else wrong.

Provide context with you posts, particularly important here since I
can't remember what you code was and won't bother looking it up
(assuming you have posted it before). See http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/
--
Flash Gordon
Living in interesting times.
Although my email address says spam, it is real and I read it.