Alarm (event)

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Event alarm
Fired when an alarm has expired.
Returned Object 1	The alarm's numerical representation value (returned when os.setAlarm() is initially called).

Examples

Example
Sets the alarm for 1 (in-game) hour, then waits for the event to fire
Code	local alarm = os.setAlarm(os.time()+01.00) -- Sets the Alarm for 1 hour after the current time while true do local _, id = os.pullEvent("alarm") -- Waits for the alarm event if id == alarm then -- Checks to see if it's the alarm we created print("The alarm has gone off!") break -- Get out of the loop end end