CrosRoad95: Created page with "{{Useful Function}} NOTOC This function is removing unwanted input noise from buttons, switches or other user input. see: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/debouncing ==Syntax== void debounce( number timeout, function callback, ...arguments) ==Code==
local debounces = {} function debounce(timeou..."

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Created page with "{{Useful Function}} <lowercasetitle></lowercasetitle> __NOTOC__ This function is removing unwanted input noise from buttons, switches or other user input. see: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/debouncing ==Syntax== <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> void debounce( number timeout, function callback, ...arguments) </syntaxhighlight> ==Code== <section name="Shared" class="both" show="true"> <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> local debounces = {} function debounce(timeou..."

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{{Useful Function}}
<lowercasetitle></lowercasetitle>
__NOTOC__
This function is removing unwanted input noise from buttons, switches or other user input.
see: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/debouncing

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
void debounce( number timeout, function callback, ...arguments)
</syntaxhighlight>

==Code==
<section name="Shared" class="both" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
local debounces = {}

function debounce(timeout, callback, ...)
local id = tostring(callback)

if(isTimer(debounces[id]))then
killTimer(debounces[id])
debounces[id] = nil;
end
debounces[id] = setTimer(function(...)
callback(...)
debounces[id] = nil;
end, timeout, 1, ...)
end
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

'''Author:''' CrosRoad95

==Example==
<section name="Shared" class="both" show="true">
<p style="color:black;">This example will ignore first 9 calls and only last one get called within 500ms timeout</p>
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function callback(i)
print(i)
end

for i=1,10 do
debounce(500, callback, i);
end

-- Result in console: 10
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

==See Also==

{{Useful_Functions}}

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