Python stop a thread after n seconds

Question

How can i stop a thread after 5 seconds? I want to print "Hello World" every seconds and then stop after 5 seconds. This is my code:

import threading

def printthis():
   threading.Timer(1.0, printthis).start()
   print("Hello, World!")

printthis()

Have a counter passed as an argument that will stop the recursion after call #5 — Mad Physicist, Oct 10 '17 at 01:25
The code that i posted is just a sample. Anyways, i already got it. — Jaypee, Oct 10 '17 at 01:43
@Jaypee since your question is definitely going to be useful to others , I suggest posting an answer. If the answer is good, you can get lots of rep from it. — Mad Physicist, Oct 10 '17 at 02:20
On the other hand, if we can be of no further use to you, please consider deleting the question entirely. — Mad Physicist, Oct 10 '17 at 02:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '17 at 14:08

How about this:

def printthis():
    print_count = 0
    while print_count < 5: # 5 because print_count will be 5 after printing the 5th time
        threading.Timer(1.0, printthis).start()
        print("Hello, World!")
        print_count += 1 
printthis()

Python stop a thread after n seconds

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