how can i get the value of a timer into a variable?

[bitzy]

english is not primary language so i'm sure the title is not suggestive and the explanation will be a struggle

i want to take the value that i set for a timer into a variable inside the script, something like:

timer = { 'every x minutes' }
...
local dt = time_Of_The_Timer -- (x).

i know i can do this manually when i set the value of the timer (but i'm kinda lazy) so i want this to be done automatically when i change 'x', in case i forget to change dt also. is there a way to do this?

[waltervl]

You could do it the other way around:

local dt = time_Of_The_Timer

timer = { 'every dt minutes' }

[willemd]

Or you could take the second value after you split the trigger into words, as shown in the example dzVents script below

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return {
	on = {
		timer = {
			'every 2 minutes',	
		}
	},
	logging = {
		level = domoticz.LOG_INFO,
		marker = 'template',
	},
	execute = function(domoticz, timer)
		domoticz.log('Timer event was triggered by ' .. timer.trigger, domoticz.LOG_INFO)
		local deltaT=domoticz.utils.stringSplit(timer.trigger," ")[2]
		domoticz.log("deltaT="..deltaT, domoticz.LOG_INFO)
	end
}

[Kedi]

You could do it the other way around:

local dt = time_Of_The_Timer

timer = { 'every dt minutes' }

Sorry @waltervl that does not work, this works:

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local dt = 2

return {
    on = {
        timer = {
            'every '..tostring(dt)..' minutes',
        },

And sorry @willemd I think it is the better solution: does not involve further programming.

[HvdW]

Or use

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local current_time =  os.date("%c")

and

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local subject = 'My time in a string. '
                    local message = 
                    ' ' .. current_time .. '\n'.. 
                    'Succeede ! \n' 
                    domoticz.notify(subject, message, domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)

Where current_time is your string.

Formatting the output of os.date() is explained over here.

[bitzy]

You could do it the other way around:

local dt = time_Of_The_Timer

timer = { 'every dt minutes' }

was so easy, i feel a little bit ashamed now

for me worked:
dt = 2
timer = {'every '..dt..' minutes'} and also the Kedi's version.

the local dt=domoticz.utils.stringSplit(timer.trigger," ")[2] don't work for me. i get an error related to the use of 'timer.trigger' - attempt to index a nil value 'timer'
thanks for the answears.

[willemd]

It does not work because you probably don't have execute=function(domoticz,timer) in your script but something else for example "item" instead of "timer".

If you use "item" then you should also use "item.trigger". It has to match.

[bitzy]

It does not work because you probably don't have execute=function(domoticz,timer) in your script but something else for example "item" instead of "timer".

If you use "item" then you should also use "item.trigger". It has to match.

u are right . is working now