timed event??

[chris liechti]

yep wxTimed() works or if you want to do intervalls on a do-it-yourself 
basis try threading and time.sleep(). its not for high precision but does a 
good job in most cases.

file timed.py:
---
import threading, time

def runner(target,delay):
    while 1:
        try:
            target()
            time.sleep(delay)
            #raise ValueError,"hello" #exception test
        except Exception,msg:
            print "Exception in runner():", msg


def tick():
    print "tick"

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print "initializing thread"
    t = threading.Thread( target=runner, args=(tick,1))
    t.setDaemon(1)  #dont wait on exit for this thread
    t.start()
    time.sleep(10)  #abort after ten seconds and exit demo
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"Bill Bell" <bill-bell at bill-bell.hamilton.on.ca> wrote in 
news:mailman.995310449.22721.python-list at python.org:

> 
> "NJM" <njm at rectec.net> wrote:
>> I want to write a program that does things on a timed basis.  Can
>> someone tell me where is the best place to start?  I can't seem to
>> find any modules that will help me. 
> 
> If you mean "at intervals" then you might consider wxTimer in 
> wxPython (www.wxpython.org). I haven't used it; however, the 
> documentation says it can be used in Python.
> 
> 
> Bill Bell, Software Developer
> 
> 



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chris <cliechti at mails.ch>