The time() function returns the current system time in its internal format, representing the number of seconds past midnight.
Syntax
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var = time() |
Parameter(s)
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var |
Variable to which the internal system time is returned. |
Description
The parentheses following the function are required, and never contain any arguments.
Example(s)
This example outputs the current system time in external format.
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print ’the time is ’:oconv(time(),’mth’) |
This is an example of a loop that terminates under two conditions. Either a key is pressed on the keyboard (system(14)) or 30 seconds has passed without any keystrokes. If no keys are waiting and the time-out is not over, sleep for a second and check again.
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start.time=time() loop until (time()-start.time)>30 or system(14) do rqm repeat |
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