help getTime condition

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How I run the line only once, until the condition is true again?

timehour, timeminute = getTime()
var = 0

if timehour == 12 and timeminute == 0 then
  var = var + 1 --I want to execute this line only once whenever the condition is true
end

Apparently the line runs more than once during the time of the condition.

[Pirulax]

That's physically impossible.
Why would it run more than once?

[Crossy101]

Nope it will run a couple of times if it's either inside a loop or gets called again within a short amount of time the best thing to do is add some kind of boolean variable.

Example: 

1. timehour, timeminute = getTime()
2. debounce = false
3. var = 0
4.  
5. if timehour == 12 and timeminute == 0 and debounce == false then
   1. var = var + 1 --I want to execute this line only once whenever the condition is true
   2. debounce = true
6. end

Hope this helps!

 

[Pirulax]

Please remove that background color, or whatever is that, because it's ugly like this.
So.
He haven't said that it's in a loop, he just gave us a code with an 'if' statement.

[Crossy101]

Well exactly you have figured out the problem, if it's not in a loop it's being called multiple times. One thing you should really learn to do is brighten up that attitude.

 

 

Edited August 20, 2018 by Crossy101

[Pirulax]

Quote

 more than once during the time of the condition.

 

[Crossy101]

You do understand it can be 12:00 for more than a few seconds right?? Just like real life!

 

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3 hours ago, Crossy101 said:

Nope it will run a couple of times if it's either inside a loop or gets called again within a short amount of time the best thing to do is add some kind of boolean variable.

Example: 

1. timehour, timeminute = getTime()
2. debounce = false
3. var = 0
4.  
5. if timehour == 12 and timeminute == 0 and debounce == false then
   1. var = var + 1 --I want to execute this line only once whenever the condition is true
   2. debounce = true
6. end

Hope this helps!

 

 

Thank you! By your logic, Ive added another conditional so that the line is executed again when it reaches the condition. Look:

timehour, timeminute = getTime()
debounce = false
var = 0

if timehour == 12 and timeminute == 0 and debounce == false then
  var = var + 1 --I want to execute this line only once whenever the condition is true
  debounce = true
elseif timehour ~= 12 and timeminute ~= 0 and debounce == true then
  debounce = false
end

 

Incredibly just with 'else', I went back to the previous problem. Determining exactly the conditions, as I did by your logic, it works perfectly!