GetTimerDetails

This function is for getting the details of a running timer.

Syntax

int, int, int getTimerDetails ( timer theTimer )

Required Arguments

• theTimer: A timer element.

Returns

• Integer one represents the time left in miliseconds (1000th of a second) of the current time left in the loop.
• Integer two represents the ammount of times the timer has left to execute.
• Integer three represents the ammount of times the timer will execute.

• Returns false if the timer doesn't exist or stopped running. Also, debugscript is will say "Bad Arguement @ 'getTimerDetails'"

Example

This example creates a 1 second (1000 ms) timer that will run 1000 times, and you can see the timer details by using the command: timerdetails.

theTimer = setTimer(function() end, 1000, 10) -- A timer that does nothing.

function timerDetails()
	remaining, executesRemaining, totalExecutes = getTimerDetails(theTimer) -- Get the timers details
	if (remaining and executesRemaining and totalExecutes) then
		outputChatBox("Time remaining this second: "..remaining.." Executes remaining: "..executesRemaining.." Total executes: "..totalExecutes)
	else
		outputChatBox("Timer no longer exists")
	end
end
addCommandHandler("timerdetails", timerDetails)