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Erik
Erik

Reputation: 11

Beginner with AHK: When I try to sleep a random amount of time, it always sleeps the maximum amount

To start off, I am a big noob when it comes to AHK.

When I want to sleep a random amount of seconds with this variable: random rand, 0, 3000 it always sleeps for 3000. I can't figure out why. I've searched on multiple forums but most of the times the code provided in the slolution is too complicated for me to understand. Sidenote: Do you guys know of any good youtube tutorial series aimed at beginners?

I followed the exact steps from this comment:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoHotkey/comments/3o5trp/how_to_do_a_random_sleep_in_ahkautohotkey/cvuenc1/

This is my code:

pause on

random rand, 0, 3000    
mousemove, 100,100,20,r    
sleep %rand%    
mousemove, 100,100,20,r    
sleep %rand%    
mousemove, 100,100,20,r    
sleep %rand%    
mousemove, 100,100,20,r    
sleep %rand%    


return    

z:: pause    
x:: exitapp    
c:: return

The mousemove is just a placeholder to test the random sleeping. Between every 0 and 3 seconds randomly I expect the mouse to move. Now it only does it every 3 seconds exactly.

Lastly: As I am new to stack overflow, so If you can give me some suggestions to format my post better feel free to do so.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2423

Answers (1)

Erik
Erik

Reputation: 11

After some more googling and help from a friend, I'm now with the following code: It seems to work now, and it's also looped 50 times. Recommendations to improve the code are welcome.

pause on


rnd(min,max){
    Random, myVar,% min,% max
return myVar
}    


loop
{
    if x >=50
        break
    else       
        mousemove, 100, 100, 10, r
        Sleep, % rnd(1,2000)
        x++        
}       


Return    

z:: pause
x:: exitapp
c:: return

Upvotes: 1

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