skip func in a while loop

[hot202]

hi how would i skip a func in my while loop and only use that func every hour i my loop?

[Varian]

Try this is a jumping off point

Local $NowHour
While 1
    If Not $NowHour Or $NowHour <> @HOUR Then
        YourFunction()
        $NowHour = @HOUR
    EndIf
    Sleep(1000) ;Sleep 1 second
WEnd

[hot202]

would this still work if im doing other stuff in the while loop. so it just checks to see if its been a houre after everything if not it willstilldo other stuff and if its been the hour it willdo my func?

[kaotkbliss]

just a slight change...

Local $NowHour
While 1
    If Not $NowHour Or $NowHour <> @HOUR Then
        YourFunction()
        $NowHour = @HOUR
    EndIf
;do other code here
    Sleep(10) ;shortend the sleep for less pause between checking and doing stuff
WEnd

Edited August 31, 2010 by kaotkbliss

[Varian]

would this still work if im doing other stuff in the while loop. so it just checks to see if its been a houre after everything if not it willstilldo other stuff and if its been the hour it willdo my func?

Pretty much, but if you want ALL runs of your function to be 60 minutes (give or take however long the rest of your code in your loop) to process, you will need to look at timer functions like TimerInint() & _TimerDiff(); If you start this script at 12:59PM, the next run will be when the hour is at 13(1PM) so the first 2 runs would only be one minute apart. The subsequent runs would be roughly 60 minutes apart. You could remedy this by storing the Hour & minute and then check to see if the hour has changed and the minute is the same (12:59 to 1:59 to 2:59, etc) or measuring the TimerDiff so it is 60 minutes Edited August 31, 2010 by Varian

[Varian]

Here is an example with TimerInint(); This solves the afore mentioned dilemma

$Begin = TimerInit()
While 1
    $Dif = Floor(TimerDiff($Begin) / 60000) ;Returns Elapsed Time in minutes
    If $Dif = 60 Then
        YourFunction()
        $Begin = TimerInit() ;resets the timer
    EndIf
    ;Rest of your Script Here
    Sleep(10) ;small idle to avoid CPU throttling
WEnd

Edited August 31, 2010 by Varian