User:Dt192/Sandbox2 - Revision history

Dt192 at 00:35, 16 February 2026

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Dt192 at 00:28, 16 February 2026

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Dt192 at 00:27, 16 February 2026

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Dt192 at 00:27, 16 February 2026

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Dt192 at 00:27, 16 February 2026

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Dt192 at 00:27, 16 February 2026

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Dt192 at 00:26, 16 February 2026

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 <syntaxhighlight lang="js">
-let a = 1
+let a = 1;
 </syntaxhighlight>

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-<syntaxhighlight>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="js">
-local a = 1
+let a = 1
 </syntaxhighlight>

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-<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+<syntaxhighlight>
 local a = 1
 </syntaxhighlight>

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-<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
+<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
 local a = 1
 </syntaxhighlight>

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 <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
+local a = 1
 </syntaxhighlight>

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:27, 16 February 2026
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">		<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
−	~~enableTimer("Newbie timer") -- enables the timer, so 2s after being enabled, it'll tick - and every 2s after that~~

−	~~disableTimer("Newbie timer") -- disables it, so it won't go off anymore~~
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:27, 16 February 2026
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	disableTimer("Newbie timer") -- disables it, so it won't go off anymore		disableTimer("Newbie timer") -- disables it, so it won't go off anymore
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−
−
−
−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">~~
−	~~tempTimer(3, [[ echo("this is timer #1 going off 3s after being made\n") ]])~~
−	~~tempTimer(4, [[ echo("this is timer #2 going off 4s after being made - and 1s after the first one\n") ]])~~
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−
−
−
−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">~~
−	~~-- get and store the timer ID in the global "greeting_timer_id" variable~~
−	~~greeting_timer_id = tempTimer(2, [[ echo("hello!\n") ]])~~
−
−	~~-- delete the timer - thus nothing will actually happen!~~
−	~~killTimer(greeting_timer_id)~~
−	~~</syntaxhighlight>~~
−
−
−
−	~~<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">~~
−	~~if portal_timer then killTimer(portal_timer) end~~
−	~~portal_timer = tempTimer(2, [[ send("enter portal") ]])~~
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

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 if portal_timer then killTimer(portal_timer) end
 portal_timer = tempTimer(2, [[ send("enter portal") ]])
 </syntaxhighlight>

← Older revision	Revision as of 00:26, 16 February 2026
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	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	enableTimer("Newbie timer") -- enables the timer, so 2s after being enabled, it'll tick - and every 2s after that

	+	disableTimer("Newbie timer") -- disables it, so it won't go off anymore
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	tempTimer(3, [[ echo("this is timer #1 going off 3s after being made\n") ]])
	+	tempTimer(4, [[ echo("this is timer #2 going off 4s after being made - and 1s after the first one\n") ]])
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	-- get and store the timer ID in the global "greeting_timer_id" variable
	+	greeting_timer_id = tempTimer(2, [[ echo("hello!\n") ]])
	+
	+	-- delete the timer - thus nothing will actually happen!
	+	killTimer(greeting_timer_id)
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	if portal_timer then killTimer(portal_timer) end
	+	portal_timer = tempTimer(2, [[ send("enter portal") ]])
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	tid = tempTimer(600, [[echo("\nYour ten minutes are up.\n")]])
	+	echo("\nYou have " .. remainingTime(tid) .. " seconds left, use it wisely... \n")
	+
	+	-- Will produce something like:
	+
	+	--> You have 599.923 seconds left, use it wisely...
	+
	+	-- Then ten minutes time later:
	+
	+	--> Your ten minutes are up.
	+
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	tempTimer(1.4, [[ echo("hello, "..matches[2].."!\n") ]])
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	tempTimer(1.4, [[ echo("hello, ]]..matches[2]..[[!\n") ]])
	+
	+	-- or with less brackets:
	+	tempTimer(1.4, function() echo("hello, "..matches[2].."!\n") end)
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	tempTimer(1, [=[
	+	echo("this is timer #1 reporting, 1s after being made!\n")
	+	tempTimer(1, [[
	+	echo("this is timer #2 reporting, 1s after the first one and 2s after the start\n")
	+	]])
	+	]=])
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	tempTimer(1, [==[
	+	echo("this is timer #1 reporting, 1s after being made!\n")
	+	tempTimer(1, [=[
	+	echo("this is timer #2 reporting, 1s after the first one and 2s after the start\n")
	+
	+	tempTimer(1, [[
	+	echo("this is timer #2 reporting, 1s after the second one, 2s after the first one, 3s after the start\n")
	+	]])
	+	]=])
	+	]==])
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	local name = matches[2]
	+	tempTimer(2.4, function() echo("hello, "..name.."!\n") end)
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	enableTrigger("Get enemy list")
	+	tempTimer(3, [[disableTrigger("Get enemy list")]])
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	-- in a script, this will run after all scripts were loaded - including the system, wherever in the order it is.
	+	tempTimer(0, function()
	+	print("this timer is running after all triggers have run")
	+	end)
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	fightStopWatch = fightStopWatch or createStopWatch() -- create, or re-use a stopwatch, and store the watch variable ID in a global variable to access it from anywhere
	+
	+	-- then you start the stopwatch in some trigger/alias/script with;
	+	startStopWatch(fightStopWatch)
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	fightStopWatch = fightStopWatch or createStopWatch(true)
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	-- in a trigger script for example you can write:
	+	fightTime = stopStopWatch(fightStopWatch)
	+	echo("The fight lasted for " .. fightTime .. " seconds.")
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	resetStopWatch(fightStopWatch)
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	deleteStopWatch(fightTime)
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	fightStopWatch = fightStopWatch or createStopWatch("Fight Stopwatch", true) -- using the name 'Fight Stopwatch' and starting it automatically
	+
	+	-- some time has passed
	+
	+	stopStopWatch("Fight Stopwatch")
	+	echo("The fight lasted for " .. getStopWatchTime("Fight Stopwatch") .. " seconds.")
	+	resetStopWatch("Fight Stopwatch")
	+	</syntaxhighlight>
	+
	+
	+
	+	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
	+	fightStopWatch = fightStopWatch or createStopWatch("Fight Stopwatch")
	+	setStopWatchPersistence("Fight Stopwatch") -- enable this stopwatch to persist over Mudlet sessions
	+	display(getStopWatches()) -- will now show that the stopwatch is persistent
	+	</syntaxhighlight>