How to find time left before schedule and if something is currently scheduled?

[Tojehusiza]

I need a way to find the time left before a schedule event will occur and a way to find out if something is currently scheduled; I tried isEventPending(); and getEventTimeLeft(); that I saw in the guide at http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=20754.0 (pages 244-245) but neither seem to work for me. Is there another way to do this?

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[Perlin Noise]

try in console
%sch=schedule(5000,0,"echo","hello"); schedule(2000,0,"echo",getEventTimeLeft(%sch));

[Greek2me]

try in console
%sch=schedule(5000,0,"echo","hello"); schedule(2000,0,"echo",getEventTimeLeft(%sch));

Brian, your example won't work. It will always say 5000ms left.

[nerraD]

i saw something once that looked like %sched.timeRemaining, not sure if i did or not

[Port]

schedule or gameBase::schedule returns a "schedule index". Pass it to getTimeRemaining to get the amount of time remaining.

[Tojehusiza]

schedule or gameBase::schedule returns a "schedule index". Pass it to getEventTimeLeft to get the amount of time remaining.

Do you mean like getEventTimeLeft(%sch); ? I tried that already.

[nerraD]

No such function as getEventTimeLeft apparently

[Daenth]

Code: [Select]

$schedule = schedule(time,0,function,parameters);
getTimeRemaining($schedule);Don't get getTimeRemaining() and getRemainingTime() mixed up as the latter is not a function.

[Port]

getTimeRemaining()

Oh, right, that's what it's called. I didn't have time to check it in Blockland and I couldn't quite remember the name.

schedule or gameBase::schedule returns a "schedule index". Pass it to getTimeRemaining to get the amount of time remaining.

[Tojehusiza]

Now, is there something such as isEventPending()?

[Port]

Now, is there something such as isEventPending()?

Yes, that's the exact name of the function.

[jes00]

Yes, that's the exact name of the function.

You should try it before asking questions about everything, Tojehusiza.

[Tojehusiza]

You should try it before asking questions about everything, Tojehusiza.

I did, it didn't seem to work for me either.

[elm]

I did, it didn't seem to work for me either.

Then you are doing something wrong. Show us how you used it.

[Tojehusiza]

Then you are doing something wrong. Show us how you used it.

In an earlier function I had:

Code: [Select]

$Calendar = schedule($Cal::loop, 0, calendarLoop);
I am using it down here:

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function serverCmdDate()
{
if(isEventPending($Calendar))
{
%suffix = getSuffix($Cal::curD);
%timeLeft = getTimeRemaining(%Calendar);

messageClient(%client, '', "It is\c3" SPC $Cal::curM SPC $Cal::curD @ %suffix @ "," SPC $Cal::curY @ "\c6. There are about\c3" SPC mFloor(%timeLeft) SPC "\c6seconds left before the next day.");
} //end if
else
messageClient(%client, '', "\c6The calendar is not currently running!");
} //end func