Timer (event)
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 Event timer | |
| Fired when a timer completes. | |
| Returned Object 1 | The timer's unique ID value (returned when os.startTimer() is called). |
 Example | |
| This code will loop and refresh every 1 second. If the event that occurred was a not a timer the loop will complete | |
| Code |
while true do
os.startTimer(1)
local event = os.pullEvent()
if event == "timer" then
print("Too slow!")
else
print("You've beaten me!")
end
end
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| Example | |
| This code will output different text depending on which timer has completed | |
| Code |
local timerA = os.startTimer(1)
local timerB = os.startTimer(2)
while true do
local event, completed = os.pullEvent()
if event == "timer" then
if completed == timerA then
print("TimerA has finished, restarting it now")
timerA = os.startTimer(1)
elseif completed == timerB then
print("TimerB has finished, restarting it now")
timerB = os.startTimer(2)
else
print("A timer finished, but it wasn't one of the ones I care about")
end
end
end
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