timer_check {governor}

Check the status of a timer

Description

Check the status of a timer

Usage

timer_check(timer)

Arguments

timer

timer object returned by timer_init()

Value

logical indicating if timer was triggered. If TRUE, then the internal state of the timer will be reset (so that it will trigger again after another duraction has elapsed)

Examples

# Run two timers in a tight while loop
# The short timer should trigger every 0.1 seconds
# The long timer will trigger after 1 second
# Note that the timers will reset every time they trigger (after returning TRUE)
long_timer <- timer_init(1)
short_timer <- timer_init(0.1)
counter <- 0L
while(TRUE) {
  if (timer_check(long_timer)) {
    cat("\nLong  timer fired at count: ", counter, "\n")
    break;
  } 
  if (timer_check(short_timer)) {
    cat("Short timer fired at count: ", counter,  "\n")
  } 
  counter <- counter + 1L
}