Add tickers

main.go

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ package main
 // import "git.sangeeth.dev/gobyexample/timeouts"
 // import "git.sangeeth.dev/gobyexample/selectdefault"
 // import "git.sangeeth.dev/gobyexample/closingchannels"
-import "git.sangeeth.dev/gobyexample/timers"
+// import "git.sangeeth.dev/gobyexample/timers"
+import "git.sangeeth.dev/gobyexample/tickers"
 
 func main() {
 	// runes.Runes()
@@ -23,5 +24,6 @@ func main() {
 	// timeouts.Timeouts()
 	// selectdefault.SelectDefault()
 	// closingchannels.ClosingChannels()
-	timers.Timers()
+	// timers.Timers()
+	tickers.Tickers()
 }

tickers/tickers.go

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package tickers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func Tickers() {
+	t := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	done := make(chan bool)
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-done:
+				return
+			case val := <-t.C:
+				fmt.Printf("tick at %v\n", val)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+
+	fmt.Println("Stopping ticking")
+	t.Stop()
+	done <- true
+	fmt.Println("Program exiting")
+}