[PD-dev] Calling a method periodically

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

If you post the code, it would be much easier to tell what's  
happening.  My guess is that you can only have one delay set for a  
given clock, so like this:

- 76 sets the timer
- 32 resets the timer with new info

Therefore the timer callback set by 76 never gets called.  (Something  
like that, it's still morning here ;)

.hc

On Mar 21, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Greg Surges wrote:

> Thanks all,
>
> I'm still stuck. Is there a way to interleave calls to clock_delay()?
>
> I'll explain what I mean:
>
> I'm coding (trying to, anyway) a histogram object. I'm using  
> integers from input to increment the values stored in an array. For  
> example, if 76 is received as input, the value in the array at  
> index 76 is incremented. This way, there's a running total of the  
> frequency with which a number occurs.
>
> The problem is, I want the histogram to have a time window. So, a  
> specified amount of time after an index is incremented, it should  
> decrement automatically. I'm calling clock_delay() in the array  
> incrementing function, which calls the decrementing function after  
> the specified "decay" time. However, if you have two or more inputs  
> before the decay time is up, only the most recent call from  
> clock_delay() completes.
>
> What's happening is:
> (Decay time of 2 seconds)
> 76 is input at 0:00
> 32 is input at 0:015
>
> 32 decrements at 0:035
>
>
> What I want to happen is:
> (Decay time is 2 seconds)
> 76 is input at 0:00
> 32 is input at 0:015
>
> 76 decrements at 0:02
> 32 decrements at 0:035
>
> Can anyone help me with a way around this?
>
> Thanks again, this community has been really friendly and helpful  
> as I start out learning.
>
> -Greg Surges
>
> http://www.uwm.edu/~gssurges/




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