Calculating time difference?

[huldu]

Ive tried various ways to try calculate the time difference between two different values, my math knowledge is pretty low i know

The thing i started with first was using @Min and @Sec, but this was way too complicated for me... Then i switched over to TimerInit() which is alot easier to understand. However i still have a few issues.

What am i looking for? The program that im working on (atm im just trying to get this timer working), is to do a timestamp when the program start then during the program it will inform the user how long it has been running. I just couldnt get the math right using @Min and @sec, i tried.. oh i tried. Seems its quite hard to be honest. But then i found Timerinit() which seems to do the same thing, but in a better way!

Now the problem im having with Timerinit() is that it shows far too many decimalplaces(?), like 2.02912281. I just wonder how do i get rid of the decimalplaces(!) to just show the miliseconds? Ill probably need to do something on the value itself later to show it in seconds... This is what ive done sofar:

$begin = TimerInit()
$test = 0
While 1
    
    $dif = TimerDiff($begin)
    
    $test = Round($dif, -1)
    
    $Second = $test / 1000
    
    $change = Round($second, 1)
    
    ToolTip("Dif: " & $dif & " Dif: " & $test & " Runtime: " & $second ,0,0)
    
    Sleep(50)   
WEnd

Its really messy and to be honest, i dont think using Round() is the best way. I was looking through some ideas tho, one would be to convert it to a string and manipulate it? But it looks seriously complicated aswell

Help me to show a single value on a decimal number, please! ie turn 5.23121 into.. a 5 (for example)

[huldu]

I think... i got it!

Using Int() seems to remove the decimals! wonderful!

$begin = TimerInit()

While 1
    $dif = TimerDiff($begin)
    
    $test = Int($dif)
    
    $change = $test / 1000
    
    $convert = Int($change)
    
    ToolTip("Test: " & $convert & " seconds",0,0)
    sleep(50)
WEnd

Edited September 20, 2007 by huldu