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What is the best way to check the difference between two GETTIMERALL values.

At the moment, I use :

QuoteABS(GETTIMERALL()-loop.currentTime)>=5000.0

but I'm not sure whether

loop.currentTime=GETTIMERALL()+5000.0
IF GETTIMERALL()>=loop.currentTimer

would be better

one time stamp can't be bigger than an stamp taken before (unless it wraps around, but that's a a few days)

I always do:

now% = GETTIMERALL()
  IF loop.stoptime > now
     // do something
     loop.stoptime = now + 5000
  ENDIF


I normally do:-
now=gettimerall()
while 1=1
  if gettimerall()-now>5000
    dosomething
    now=gettimerall()
  endif
wend

Works for me...

Cheers

the "cool" thing about my method is, that if you initialize the stoptime variable with 0, it will be triggered on the first run.

True, plus you are using less calculations on the check. I like finding very slightly faster code over stuff used for years :) Similar feeling when I discovered the old A=1-A to toggle a Boolean. Brought a smile to my face that did after years of ignorance.

Cheers