time: add an example to the NewTicker function

Change-Id: Idad9cdee36679373ee223ff2bd4c021ea0afcce1
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/61710
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>

diff --git a/src/time/example_test.go b/src/time/example_test.go
index 5aca97f08f364927abbde8b3b6e9aa2177ceb5f1..8d019a0f21f537bdf558ce54fd83521034057e60 100644 (file)
--- a/src/time/example_test.go
+++ b/src/time/example_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,25 @@ func ExampleDate() {
        // Output: Go launched at 2009-11-10 15:00:00 -0800 PST
 }
 
+func ExampleNewTicker() {
+       ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+       defer ticker.Stop()
+       done := make(chan bool)
+       go func() {
+               time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+               done <- true
+       }()
+       for {
+               select {
+               case <-done:
+                       fmt.Println("Done!")
+                       return
+               case t := <-ticker.C:
+                       fmt.Println("Current time: ", t)
+               }
+       }
+}
+
 func ExampleTime_Format() {
        // Parse a time value from a string in the standard Unix format.
        t, err := time.Parse(time.UnixDate, "Sat Mar  7 11:06:39 PST 2015")