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by paddy
Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:18 am
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: Timer Never Gets Called
Replies: 0
Views: 10243

Timer Never Gets Called

In a Raspberry Pico a timer with a period of 300000 (5 minutes) gets called reliably while another timer with a period of 900000 (15 minutes) never gets called. Changing the period of task3 to 300000 gets it working again. task1 = Timer() task2 = Timer() task3 = Timer() task1.init(period=60000, mode...
by paddy
Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: Can't Print Inside Function Definition
Replies: 6
Views: 1597

Re: Can't Print Inside Function Definition

It seems that a function can be called with or without parentheses. If called without parentheses it doesn't print as per my example but will print if called with parentheses.
by paddy
Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:35 am
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: Can't Print Inside Function Definition
Replies: 6
Views: 1597

Re: Can't Print Inside Function Definition

Here is my example. It prints nothing.

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def printer():
    print("test")
    
printer
by paddy
Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:23 am
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: Can't Print Inside Function Definition
Replies: 6
Views: 1597

Can't Print Inside Function Definition

I'm developing some simple things for the Raspberry Pico using Thonny. I can print outside of a function definition but not inside. How have I got this mixed up.