Difference between revisions of "Scripting Tutorial: Creating a Simple Timer"
Scripting Tutorial: Creating a Simple Timer (edit)
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When the condition evaluates false i.e., when the timer variable's value equals or exceeds 5, our message is displayed. Since '''getSecondsPasssed''' returns values that are comparable to realtime seconds, the script has effectively run for 5 seconds. | When the condition evaluates false i.e., when the timer variable's value equals or exceeds 5, our message is displayed. Since '''getSecondsPasssed''' returns values that are comparable to realtime seconds, the script has effectively run for 5 seconds. | ||
But the script doesn't end here - it keeps | But the script doesn't end here - it keeps printing the message since the if condition checks only if the timer's value equals or exceeds 5. The If statement's condition can be modified to walk through this issue by adding a do-once catch. | ||
<pre>scn timerTestScript | <pre>scn timerTestScript | ||
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if ( doOnce ) ; the == operator isn't necessary when checking boolean values.... | if ( doOnce ) ; the == operator isn't necessary when checking boolean values.... | ||
return | return ; ... the above expression is equivalent to (doOnce != 0) | ||
elseif( timer > 5 ) | elseif( timer > 5 ) | ||
set doOnce to 1 | set doOnce to 1 | ||
Message "Your 5 seconds are up" | |||
else | else | ||
set timer to timer + getSecondsPassed | set timer to timer + getSecondsPassed | ||