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TIMER

Returns the number of seconds since midnight (function) or enables/disables timer vent trapping (statements).

Syntax

v=TIMER

TIMER ON

TIMER OFF

TIMER STOP

Comments

You can use TIMER with the RANDOMIZE statement to seed the random number generator.

TIMER ON enables timer event trapping.

TIMER OFF disables timer event trapping. Timer events that occur are ignored.

TIMER STOP temporarily suspends timer event trapping. Events that occur are processed after trapping is enabled.

Example

RANDOMIZE TIMER

ON TIMER(10) GOSUB Handler
TIMER ON
DO
LOOP UNTIL INKEY$ <> "" 
END

Handler:
  PRINT TIMES
  RETURN

See Also

• ON…GOSUB