Template:Nasal Closure Wrapper

var timers = [];
foreach(var delay; [2.0, 4.0, 8.0] ) {
#this declares an anonymous/unnamed function
(func(arg...) 
{
var interval=delay; 
var myTimer = maketimer(interval, func() {
print("Hello from the ", interval,"-second timer!");
}); # end of the embedded func
myTimer.start();
append(timers, myTimer);
})(); # this will directly invoke the unnamed function
} # end of the foreach loop

# kill all timers
maketimer(60, func() {
foreach(var t; timers)
 t.stop();
});

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Goal

This template can be used insert a Nasal snippet with an example of a function using maketimer().

Usage

{{Nasal Closure Wrapper |variable= |vector=}}

All parameters are optional.

See also Nasal Loops#for, while, foreach, and forindex loops.

variable

Name of local variable for the foreach() loop.

Defaults to delay.

vector

Vector for the foreach() loop.

Defaults to [2.0, 4.0, 8.0].

Technical details

This template uses {{Nasal Anonymous Func}}