mysteriously nonfunctioning script - very simple
Michael Spencer
mahs at telcopartners.com
Sat Mar 26 14:41:58 EST 2005
Sean McIlroy wrote:
> Fair enough. Here's the verbose version:
>
> ######################################################################
> from time import sleep,time,localtime
>
> wakeuptime = (7,00)
> ## I WANT TO BE WOKEN UP AT 7AM (FOR EXAMPLE)
>
> onehourlater = (wakeuptime[0]+1, wakeuptime[1])
> ## ONE HOUR LATER THAN THAT IS 8AM
>
> while not wakeuptime < localtime(time())[3:5] < onehourlater: sleep(3)
> ## CHECK THE CURRENT TIME EVERY 3 SECONDS, AND IF IT'S NOT BETWEEN
> ## 7AM AND 8AM, GO BACK TO SLEEP FOR ANOTHER 3 SECONDS
>
> ## CONTROL NEVER REACHES THIS POINT
> ######################################################################
>
Works for me in the following slightly-adjusted form (easier for testing):
def alarm(wakeuptime):
#wakeuptime = input('hours: '), input('minutes: ')
onehourlater = (wakeuptime[0]+1, wakeuptime[1])
while not wakeuptime < localtime(time())[3:5] < onehourlater:
sleep(3)
print 'PLAY A SOUND FILE'
print localtime(time())[3:5]
>>> localtime(time())
(2005, 3, 26, 11, 37, 58, 5, 85, 0)
>>> alarm((11,38))
PLAY A SOUND FILE
(11, 39)
>>>
>>> import sys
>>> sys.version
'2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]'
>>> sys.platform
'win32'
>>>
Michael
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