Countdown timer and Elapsed time timer by IanM15th Sep 2003 13:58
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Summary Shows both a countdown timer and an elapsed time timer. Description This code contains a single function that can convert elapsed or countdown times to hours/mins/secs/hundredths. Also included is a simple example of how to pause the timers that is activated by pressing and holding the spacebar Code ` This code was downloaded from The Game Creators ` It is reproduced here with full permission ` http://www.thegamecreators.com sync on sync rate 0 ElapsedTime = timer() CountdownTime = ElapsedTime + 1000000 Paused=0 do cls print GameTime(ElapsedTime) print GameTime(CountdownTime) if spacekey() ` Record the time that pausing started PauseStart=timer() ` Wait for unpause while spacekey() endwhile ` Adjust the timers by the paused time inc ElapsedTime, timer()-PauseStart inc CountdownTime, timer()-PauseStart endif sync loop function GameTime(BaseTime as integer) local TimeValue as integer local TextTime as string TimeValue=abs( timer() - BaseTime ) ` Hundredths TimeValue = TimeValue / 10 TextTime=PadNumber( TimeValue mod 100 , 2) ` Seconds TimeValue = TimeValue / 100 TextTime=PadNumber( TimeValue mod 60, 2) + ":" + TextTime ` Minutes TimeValue = TimeValue / 60 TextTime=PadNumber( TimeValue mod 60, 2) + ":" + TextTime ` Hours TimeValue = TimeValue / 60 TextTime=PadNumber( TimeValue mod 60, 2) + ":" + TextTime endfunction TextTime function PadNumber(n as integer, Size as integer) local PaddedNumber as string PaddedNumber=str$(n) while len(PaddedNumber) < Size PaddedNumber = "0" + PaddedNumber endwhile endfunction PaddedNumber |