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Plastico
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why isnt this working?

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Plastico
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one other question while im at it.
whats the difference between the randomize timer() and the timer() commands?

and is there a command that sets "timers" on when to place certain things at certain times?

I also figured out my question up top

it was myname$ silly me
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Nitro Methane
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Posted: 16th Jul 2004 14:32 Edited at: 16th Jul 2004 14:39
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Change the myname# to myname$. # is used for real numbers, you have to use the $ symbol for string variables.

Okay.

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Plastico
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thank you tommy
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BatVink
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Posted: 16th Jul 2004 18:33
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Quote: "whats the difference between the randomize timer() and the timer() commands?"


Randomize Timer() is a combination of 2 commands.

Timer() returns the system time in milliseconds, you can't change it. If you want multiple timers, you need to put the Timer() value in to a variable, and use that in your code to make comparisons with the current Timer() value.

Randomize Timer() is simply utilising the virtually unpredictable return value of Timer() to generate a random seed.

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 16th Jul 2004 22:22
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also your input command is missing the first argument

input "",myname$


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Plastico
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another question(s)

how do I get my input to space itself

print "please enter your name"
input myname$
print
print "hello", myname$
wait key

when I put this code in, the outcome is always "helloname"

what I want to do, is have that be spaced: "hello name"

thank you
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hyrichter
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Posted: 17th Jul 2004 10:20
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Just put a space after "hello"

print "hello, ",myname$
wait key

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Plastico
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thank you.
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Xander
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You asked how to time events to happen at determined time intervals:

Here is a small example:



This code will count seconds and keep the number of seconds past in the variable "interval". Every time at least one second has passed, it increases the interval variable and resets the lasttime variable to the current time. Should be easy to understand.

Good Luck

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Plastico
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thank you bolt!
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Plastico
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bolt - now, how would I be able to cancel this, when lets say it hits about the 5000 mark?
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Plastico
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ok bolt - this is what I am trying to do.

wait 5 seconds then cancel a loop, or a running process.
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Plastico
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one other thing bolt. lol

is this the right code to make two of these? I thought this was interesting, but just couldnt execute it properly.

lasttime=timer():interval=0
lasttime2=timer():intervalD=0
do

if timer()-lasttime>=10
if timer()-lasttime2>=1000
lasttime=timer()
lasttime2=timer()
inc interval
inc intervalD
endif

cls
text 10,10,"seconds: "+str$(interval)
text 10,50,"seconds2: "+str$(intervalD)
sync

loop
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Plastico
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Posted: 18th Jul 2004 11:33
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hehe I figured it out, it just needed another endif
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Xander
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Posted: 18th Jul 2004 14:20
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Glad you got it, sorry I didn't post sooner, I only check for forums every one or two days...

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