WHY is this (apparently) an infinite loop??

[Xuri]

I fail to see how this turns into an infinite loop :/ That's UO minutes it's getting, btw, which changes every few seconds (depending on your setting).

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	var iMinute = GetMinute();
	var tempMinute = iMinute + 3;
	do
	{
		iMinute = GetMinute();
		pUser.SysMessage( "Minute nr: "+iMinute );
	}
	while (iMinute < tempMinute )

[giwo]

That's a good question... looks to me like it should work fine.

Try this instead

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var tempMinute = GetMinute() + 3;
for( var iMinute = GetMinute(); iMinute < tempMinute; iMinute = GetMinute() )
{
pUser.SysMessage();
}

[Xuri]

Hmmm same issue, apparently. Strange.

[Maarc]

That's an easy one

The UO time gets updated once per execution loop. The JS you're executing occurs within the same execution loop. Ergo, GetMinute returns the same value *every* time. It never has a chance to update. It's like doing

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var x = 1;
for( ; x < 10; x = 1 )
{
  DoSomething();
}

Guess what happens?

[Xuri]

Gah. So it's not possible. Okay.

[giwo]

Heh, quite right.

*blushes*

Ahh well, just run a timer that executes every second, Xu.