set_timer_args

Set timer arguments.

If less than the required arguments are given, then the remaining arguments will be set using nil. More arguments than the closure accepts are simply removed and thus not used.

When the timer is created in the @thingsdb scope, only type nil, int, float, bool, str, bytes, datetime and regex are allowed as argument values.

This function generates an event.

Function

set_timer_args(timer, args)

Arguments

Argument Type Description
timer int (required) Timer to set new arguments for.
args list (required) List with timer arguments.

Return value

Returns nil when successful. A lookup_err() is raised if the timer does not exist.

Example

This code will will be called every minute for 10 times and then it the timer will be removed.


new_timer(
    datetime(),
    60,
    |timer, x| {
        set_timer_args(timer, [x+1]);
        if (x == 10, {
            del_timer(timer);  // stop this timer
        });
    },
    [1]
);