Any Way to Make Changes to Global Variables Inside a Running Function ?

[leegold]

Hi,

This question might show a gap in my understanding how Autoit works but hopefully I'll learn...so I did not think this would work:

Global $z = 1
Example()
Sleep(5000)
ConsoleWrite("five sec" & @LF)
$z=0
Func Example()
    $c = 0
     While $z == 1
        ConsoleWrite($c & @LF)
        Sleep(1000)
        If $z == 0 Then
            ConsoleWrite("$z == 0" & @LF)
        EndIf
        $c=$c+1
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

Once the function starts it's impervious to changes in $z, the code never progresses past the function call. What I actually want to do is to stop the while loop while I change somethings outside of the function then restart the while loop and have the change "stick" inside the function/while loop.

Is the only way to do this to kill the example() function, make changes, then call/restart the fuction again?

Thanks

[martin]

You just need to have something which will make the script halt the function and respond to an event then continue. For example

HotKeySet("^{F10}",'SetZ')
HotKeySet("!{F10}",'ReSetZ')
Global $z = 1
Example()
Sleep(5000)
ConsoleWrite("five sec" & @LF)
$z=0
Func Example()
    $c = 0
     While $z == 1
        ConsoleWrite($c & @LF)
        Sleep(1000)
        If $z == 0 Then
            ConsoleWrite("$z == 0" & @LF)
        EndIf
        $c=$c+1
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example


Func setZ()
    $z = 1
EndFunc

Func ResetZ()
    $z = 0
EndFunc

[Gianni]

also, you could insert another function call inside the While -WEnd loop and that function will manage the $z variable value

Global $z = 1
Example()
Sleep(5000)
ConsoleWrite("five sec" & @LF)
$z=0
Func Example()
    $c = 0
     While $z == 1
        ConsoleWrite($c & @LF)
        Sleep(1000)
          _Manage_z() ; <-- this function will change $z
       If $z == 0 Then
            ConsoleWrite("$z == 0" & @LF)
        EndIf
        $c=$c+1
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

[leegold]

This helps immensely. Thanks: