c# - How can I terminate a function after X seconds? -

i got this:

void func() {     int = int.parse(system.readline.console()); } 

but want function finish after 5 seconds example, if user didn't insert anything. how can that?

i thought that:

void func() {      system.timers.timer timer = new timer();      timer.interval = 5000      timer.elapsed += somefunc;      timer.start()      int = int.parse(system.console.readline()); } void somefunc(object sender, eventargs args) {      thread.currentthread.abort(); } 

but looks ugly. in addition, don't want abort threads, break function. don't want create thread function.

this appears work me

var dt = datetime.now; var s = string.empty; while ((datetime.now - dt).totalseconds < 5) {     if (console.keyavailable)         s += console.readkey().keychar; }