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Message:	[quote=Tianxz] function a() DoAfter(1,"e") end function b() DoAfter(0.1,"hp") a() DoAfter(0.1,"l") end The result is hp then l then e But I just want to it can run in the order first:hp after 1s then: e then:l Of course, If I change the DoAfter(0.1,"l") to DoAfter(2,"l"), the result is same I want. If I don't know how long it need to run for function a, how can I correct it? Thank you. [/quote] Message to be posted (in English, please).
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Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (18,801 posts)

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Sat 09 Jul 2011 09:47 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

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Twisol is quite right, using the wait module is a much better way of doing it. In fact, you don't even need the second wait.time (0.1) because things will be executed in sequence.

http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=4956

and:

http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=4957

- Nick Gammon

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Posted by Twisol USA (2,230 posts) bio

Date Sat 09 Jul 2011 08:01 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

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DoAfter() sets a timer with the delay you specify, and immediately continues with the script. That means that in this script, "hi" is shown first:

DoAfter(0.1, "lol")
DoAfter(0.2, "rofl")
print("hi")

And then as time passes, MUSHclient runs the timers as they're fired, so "lol" would come after 0.1 seconds, and 0.1 seconds after that (i.e. 0.2 seconds from being created) "rofl" would show up.

I'd suggest doing this:

function a(delay)
  DoAfter(delay, "e")
end

function b()
  DoAfter(0.1, "hp")
  a(1.1)
  DoAter(1.2, "l")
end

You could also try using the "wait.lua" module, which uses coroutines to give you a pause mechanism closer to what you expect.

require "wait"

function a()
  Send("e")
end

wait.make(function()
  wait.time(0.1)
  Send("hp")
  wait.time(1)
  a()
  wait.time(0.1)
  Send("l")
end)

Please see the forum thread: http://gammon.com.au/forum/?id=4956.

'Soludra' on Achaea

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GitHub: http://github.com/Twisol

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Posted by

Tianxz (30 posts)

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Sat 09 Jul 2011 02:36 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

Message

If some Doafter is nested in function a, it will be more complex. I think the important thing is how can let the code run in the order.

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Posted by

Tianxz (30 posts)

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Sat 09 Jul 2011 02:33 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

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function a()
DoAfter(1,"e")
end

function b()
DoAfter(0.1,"hp")
a()
DoAfter(0.1,"l")
end
The result is
hp then l then e

But I just want to it can run in the order
first:hp
after 1s then: e
then:l

Of course, If I change the DoAfter(0.1,"l") to DoAfter(2,"l"), the result is same I want. If I don't know how long it need to run for function a, how can I correct it? Thank you.

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