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ali noble
ali noble

Reputation: 13

wait for preset time, then trigger a function

using python i have the user enter a preset time. in hours and minutes. and once it is that time, it triggers a function. so i have a loop where every second it checks and if it isnt that time, it check again in once second. but if it is that time i want it to go to that time.

this is the code:

while (hour() != schedhr) and (minute() != schedmin):

    time.sleep(1)

    if (schedhr == hour()) and (schedmin == minute()):

         #do function

but what happens is, it will wait till the time and then exit as if the script ended instead of doing the function

Upvotes: 0

Views: 153

Answers (1)

Elliott Frisch
Elliott Frisch

Reputation: 201447

If I understand you, you might use time.sleep(seconds)

from time import sleep
while (hour() != schedhr) and (minute() != schedmin):
  time.sleep(1)
doFunc() # <-- the timer has ended.

Upvotes: 1

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