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EK: Created page with "Executes a function with a delay. == Syntax == <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> setDelay(time, callback) </syntaxhighlight> == Parameters == {| class="ts" |- ! style="width:1..."
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<p>Created page with "Executes a function with a delay. == Syntax == <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> setDelay(time, callback) </syntaxhighlight> == Parameters == {| class="ts" |- ! style="width:1..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Executes a function with a delay.<br />
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== Syntax ==<br />
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"><br />
setDelay(time, callback)<br />
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== Parameters ==<br />
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{| class="ts"<br />
|-<br />
! style="width:15%" | Parameter<br />
! style="width:15%" | Type<br />
! Description<br />
|-<br />
| time<br />
| integer<br />
| Time to wait until the callback function gets executed (in milliseconds).<br />
|-<br />
| callback<br />
| function/string<br />
| Callback function to execute.<br />
|}<br />
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== Return values ==<br />
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none<br />
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== Examples ==<br />
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'''Example 1:''' Different ways of printing "Hello World" with a delay of 1 second.<br />
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"><br />
function helloWorld()<br />
print("Hello World")<br />
end<br />
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-- Call the "helloWorld()" function<br />
setDelay(1000, "helloWorld()")<br />
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-- Another way to call the "helloWorld()" function<br />
setDelay(1000, helloWorld)<br />
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-- Use an anonymous function as the second argument<br />
setDelay(1000, function() print("Hello World") end)<br />
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</syntaxhighlight><br />
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