threading :: _Timer :: Class _Timer

Class _Timer

object --+        
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  _Verbose --+    
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        Thread --+
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                _Timer

Call a function after a specified number of seconds:

t = Timer(30.0, f, args=[], kwargs={}) t.start() t.cancel() # stop the timer's action if it's still waiting

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, interval, function, args=[], kwargs={})
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature source code

cancel(self)
Stop the timer if it hasn't finished yet

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run(self)

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Inherited from Thread: __repr__, getName, isAlive, isDaemon, is_alive, join, setDaemon, setName, start

Inherited from Thread (private): _set_daemon, _set_ident

Inherited from _Verbose (private): _note

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

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Inherited from Thread: daemon, ident, name

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, interval, function, args=`[]`, kwargs=`{}`)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

run(self)

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Overrides: Thread.run

Class _Timer

__init__(self, interval, function, args=[], kwargs={}) (Constructor)

run(self)

init(self, interval, function, args=`[]`, kwargs=`{}`)
(Constructor)