Forums Scripts & Popups Using a Timer without it being static during cmd

Im wondering how would I use a timer without it being static to the command i use with it for example


/timer 0 1 //echo -a $asctime($calc($insong.pos / 1000),n:ss)

this would only keep echoing the same value every second has it captured when the first command went through like

0:30
0:30
0:30

etc..

probably just escape the identifiers
/timer 0 1 //echo -a $!asctime($!calc($!insong.pos / 1000),n:ss)

Actually, the only one that needs to be escaped is the $insong identifier

great

Actually, if you're doing:
//timer 0 1 echo -a $asctime($calc($!insong.pos / 1000),n:ss)

It'll always be 0:00



Is what you'd want to use.

Works thank you

I always found it to be a nuissance trying to decide which identifiers need to be $!escaped, so now I just do this:

/timer 0 1 $(echo -a $asctime($calc($insong.pos / 1000),n:ss),0)

Just add a $( at the beginning at a ,0) at the end.

-genius_at_work

Just a note:

The only identifiers that will need to be escaped, are the ones that have a space before the $.

If you have: $one($two,$three) all you have to escape is $!one

This is because it forces it to read it as plain text, and since there is no spaces before any of the other $'s, it treats them as part of a "word" (ie: //say Iam$me, will always return "Iam$me").

On the other hand, if you used:

$asctime( $calc( $something / $something ) )

Each one would need to be escaped. (Unless you wanted the calculations to be evaluated before sending it through the $asctime, of course.)

But yes, $( <stuff> ,0)

Tends to be much easier to use.