"Rob Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>> Is there a method in Python which does what
>> setInterval('someFunction()',5000) does in Javascript.
>>
>> Basically, I want to call functionOne() every x minutes, and
>> wondering
>> whats the best way to do it.
>
> Yes, the time module in the standard library has sleep(x), where x
> is
> in seconds.
Unfortunately sleep blocks the program so you may need to wrap it
in a thread to launch the required function at the required time
without blocking the main program.
There probably is a third party module that will do this but I don't
know of any.
If its within a GUI context then I think both Tkinter and wxPython
have timer facilities although I've never used them.
Alan G.
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