easy countdown scrip

Isma · **Posted:** February 28th, 2012, 12:17 pm

I have a copy of a countdown that I found in the forum some time ago.
The scrip is oly for 15 seconds. Can someone show me how to change it to minutes and seconds? Like 3 minutes countdown.
cd is the variable name.
Thanks

Code:

cd=15
cd_stop=0

while (cd>0 && cd_stop==0)
{
wait(1)
cd--
}
if (cd_stop==1)
 {
 // do you statements in here
 }
else
 {
 }

mackavi · **Posted:** February 29th, 2012, 9:30 am

Hi Isma,

Are you for example, trying to display something like cd=315 as 5mins 15 secs instead?

Mack

Isma · **Posted:** February 29th, 2012, 11:05 am

Hi Mack,

yes, something like cd=5mins 15 secs or cd= 5:15
so you can see the minutes and the seconds. Otherwise it'd be confusing with hundred of seconds only like cd=315, etc

mackavi · **Posted:** February 29th, 2012, 2:13 pm

You can calculate it quite easily.

To find the seconds use modulus (%) -EG

315%60 = 15 seconds

Then use this to find minutes - EG

(315 - 15) / 60 = 5 minutes

Attach each result to a variable and repeat every second and then you can output however you wish.

Mack

Isma · **Posted:** February 29th, 2012, 3:06 pm

Hi Mack,
what I need is the scrip for the first line, for the countdown to look like 5:15 instead of 315
right now is:
cd=315
cd_stop=0
If you can show me this example I can work out how to change it but I need an example because I am useless with scripting.
I tried few things like
cd= (315 - 15) / 60 315%60
so I can get 5 and 15 (5:15)
but is wrong, obviously

mackavi · **Posted:** February 29th, 2012, 4:12 pm

Have a play with this:

Code:

cd = 315

while (cd >0)
   {
   
   s = cd%60 // get the seconds

   m = (cd - s) / 60 //get minutes
   
   wait(1)
   Debug.trace(m + " min " + s + " secs\n")
   cd--   
   }

Mack

Isma · **Posted:** March 1st, 2012, 11:09 am

Hi Mack
With your example I am still seeing 315 on the variable when click prePUb instead of 5:15
I attach another countdown example from the forum showing what I am want to get.
In this example the is a clock and countdown, the countwon is triggered when the clock starts, and there hours minutes and seconds.
I am just interested in the countdown to show minutes and seconds.

mackavi · **Posted:** March 3rd, 2012, 2:26 pm

I don't use Opus' clocks as I find the Ticker action more useful - somebody else might though.

As for the variable, if this is an on screen variable that's not in your post, have you actually assigned it to the output from the script.

Instead of...

Code:

Debug.trace(m + " min " + s + " secs\n")

Something like...

Code:

myVaraibleOnscreen = m + " min " + s + " secs"

Mack

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