Hello guys,

I really really need your help fast.

I'm doing a project and I have no idea how to do something.

Here is the deal.

I have a while cycle where i read every key pressed. When i press 'Enter' i want to execute a sub which has a while cycle in it but also there is a sleep in it.

Here is some example code : 

do 
{ 
if($key eq "\n") 
#execute sub_example() 
if($key eq "261) 
#do something else 
}while ((key = getch()) ne ERR) 

sub_example 
{ 
do 
{#....... 
sleep 5 
#.... 
while(1>0)} 
}

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So my issue is that when i execute sub_example the program freezes and waits for the cycle in the sub to finish. I want it to run in the background and still have the possibility to read from the keyboard and do stuff.

Thank you very much for your help i really needed.

In reply to Execute a sub in the background by egzoti4en

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