visual c++ - need to call a function at periodic time intervals in c++

Question

I am writing a program in c++ where I need to call a function at periodic time intervals, say every 10ms or so. I've never done anything related to time or clocks in c++, is this a quick and easy problem or one of those where there is no neat solution?

Thanks!

Answer 1

To complete the question, the code from @user534498 can be easily adapted to have the periodic tick interval. It's just needed to determinate the next start time point at the beginning of the timer thread loop and sleep_until that time point after executing the function.

#include <iostream>
#include <chrono>
#include <thread>
#include <functional>

void timer_start(std::function<void(void)> func, unsigned int interval)
{
  std::thread([func, interval]()
  { 
    while (true)
    { 
      auto x = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(interval);
      func();
      std::this_thread::sleep_until(x);
    }
  }).detach();
}

void do_something()
{
  std::cout << "I am doing something" << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
  timer_start(do_something, 1000);
  while (true)
    ;
}