Question

How to create a countdown seconds timer in Go

Answer 1

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

func countdown(seconds int) {
    fmt.Printf("Total time: %d seconds\n", seconds)

    for seconds > 0 {
        time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // Sleep for 1 second
        seconds--
        fmt.Printf("Time remaining: %d seconds\n", seconds)
    }
}

func main() {
    sec := 5
    
    countdown(sec)
}



/*
run:
   
Total time: 5 seconds
Time remaining: 4 seconds
Time remaining: 3 seconds
Time remaining: 2 seconds
Time remaining: 1 seconds
Time remaining: 0 seconds
  
*/

 

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