How do I make the integers in a Python parameter equate to seconds without using the built-in time module?

Question

I am trying to make a box appear and disappear in random 1-5 second intervals.

This is what I wrote:

box.showturtle(box.randint(1,5))

box.hideturtle(box.randint(1,5))

The randint is supposed to pick an integer between 1 through 5, which I ideally want to represent seconds so that the box shows itself for a random amount of time between 1-5 seconds long, and then hides for a random amount of time between 1-5 seconds as well.

I'm stuck because, these numbers are just integers. I don't know how to make them equate to a quantity of seconds. And also I'm not sure if the way I wrote the parameters would even work.

Answer 1

The showturtle() and hideturtle() functions don't accept any parameters and don't support time delays. If you want to have a time delay, you'll have to do that yourself. There are different ways of achieving this, and you didn't specify what you want to have happen during the delay, so I'll just present one method. To show the turtle and then have it disappear after a random number of seconds, you can do this:

box.showturtle()

time.sleep(random.randint(1,5))

box.hideturtle()