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Ross McPherson
Ross McPherson

Reputation: 103

Infinite While True Loop in the Background (Python)

basically, I have some code like this:

while True:
   number = int(len(oilrigs)) * 49
   number += money
   time.sleep(1)

In front of this I have a start up screen. However because of this while true loop, it blocks it from running the actual start up screen. Instead, it just displays this.

So how do you put the code in the background?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 22027

Answers (1)

Eli Sadoff
Eli Sadoff

Reputation: 7308

Try multithreading. 

import threading

def background():
    while True:
        number = int(len(oilrigs)) * 49
        number += money
        time.sleep(1)

def foreground():
    # What you want to run in the foreground

b = threading.Thread(name='background', target=background)
f = threading.Thread(name='foreground', target=foreground)

b.start()
f.start()

Upvotes: 17

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