how would i slow a for statement?

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phflack:
for some reason in my for statements, they go quickly, even though i have a delay in the main part, is there a way to slow it down?

ThinkInvisible:
Well, you COULD use the extremely complicated way and do:
%counter = 0;
%counterLimit = how long to run the For loop for...;
if(%counter < %counterLimit)
{
schedule(timeToLoopMS,0,commandcontainingthis,args);
%counter ++;
}
etc.

EDIT : Okay, i'll explain it above...
You put that block in your function or whatever.
%counter = 0; keep this
%counterLimit = *IN HERE, put how many loops you want it to do.*;
if(%counter < counterLimit) If the counter has reached the loop maximum, stop.
{
schedule(*HERE:Put how long you want it to be, in MS, between loops.*,0,*The command calling this in the first place.*Any args incmd*);
%counter ++; auto-increment. handy, no?
}
etc. rest of code

example edit:
function serverCmdDelayedCounterLoop(%numToLoop,%delayzor) {
if(%started = 0) //safety first.
{
%counter = 0;
}
%counterLimit = %numtoloop;
if(%counter < %counterLimit)
{
schedule(%delayzor,0,serverCmdDelayedCounterLoop)
%started = 1;
commandToServer("A counter has reached "@%counter@"!");
}
}
when a player in your server says /DelayedCounterLoop 15 100, it will say an incrementing number every 1sec or so for 15 numbers.

MegaScientifical:

--- Code: ---function blahCommand(%stuff) {
if((%s = strLen(%stuff)) > 4)
cycleCommand(%stuff, 0, %s);
}

function cycleCommand(%stuff, %i, %s) {
if(%i <= %s) {
doStuff(%stuff);
schedule(500, 0, cycleCommand, %i++, %s);
}
else
echo("doneStuff");
}
--- End code ---

phflack:
so basicaly you can't delay a for loop or something?

MegaScientifical:
Nope.

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