#Discord.py: if I press the start button and then the stop button, how can I calculate the time elaps

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wispy torrent
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I have to calculate the time elapsed between the start and stop button, how do I do it?

tranquil lion
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personally, i would subclass your view, then in the callback of the start button, store the current time as start_time, then in the stop button callback, store stop_time as the current time, then subtract start time from the end time

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@wispy torrent ^^

wispy torrent
tranquil lion
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i would use time.now()

open flame
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import time
start = time.time()
elapsed = time.time() - start

Would this work?

wispy torrent
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wait, I'll try

open flame
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There are more accurate, higher resolution methods, for debugging but if you want to measure things in 100ms or seconds then this is perfect

wispy torrent
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In hour ?

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Maybe doing the conversion from seconds to minutes and minutes to hours would work?

open flame
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Yeah sure will work perfectly. You're basically getting two separate times from the clock and subtracting them to find the elapsed time

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Yes youll have to convert the result if you want to know the value in
H M S format

wispy torrent
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Now I'll try, can you wait 2 seconds here?

open flame
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yeah im here

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?

wispy torrent
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Wait pls

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Im slow

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It doesn't work, I'll send you the error

open flame
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show me the code for stop_time and start_time

wispy torrent
open flame
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the start_time variable is declared inside one function, so it remains in that functions local scope table meaning it cannot be accessed outside that function. You can either make it a global variable, or try to pass it into fine()

wispy torrent
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How can I create a global variable?

open flame
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just declare it outside inizio() then assign it a value inside inizio. Ofc you cannot simply declare variables in python, so you need to initialise it with whatever value

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So like:

start_time = "nothing"

# Code here

async def inizio(...):
  global start_time
  start_time = time.time()

# Code here
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Don't forget to tell the interpreter that it's a global variable, when you're inside inizio()

wispy torrent
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Okok

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i'll try now

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It keeps giving the same error over and over again

wispy torrent
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:<

open flame
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let me see

wispy torrent
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The error is the same as before

wispy torrent
open flame
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Revert code back to what it was in screenshot.

In inizio() change self.start_time to SimpleView2.start_time and the same for stop_time

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If this doesnt work 💀

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@wispy torrent

tranquil lion
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stop time would be the current time, then the elapsed time would be the stop_time - start_time

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and do not use global here

open flame
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yeah no global. didnt see it was a class

wispy torrent
wispy torrent
open flame
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basically remove the global lines
keep the self.start/stop_time in init, no other declarations
inside inizio() and fine(), change self to class name

wispy torrent
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wait

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Im confused

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and stupid

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What should I do here?

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@open flame @tranquil lion ?

open flame
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Above channel = bot.get_token..., add SimpleView2.start_time = time.time()

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@wispy torrent

tranquil lion
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you've gone back about 3 steps

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just implement what i said originally, its easy

tranquil lion
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your editing things that dont need to be edited

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do you know OOP?

wispy torrent
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Always the same mistake

tranquil lion
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things in your fine callback are still wrong

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you dont use SimpleView2, you should use self

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you have done it multiple times aswell

wispy torrent
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I changed SimpleView2.stop/start_time

In Init, is it ok now?

tranquil lion
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show me ur code

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and why dont you test it

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and tell me if it gives you an error

untold crescentBOT
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@wispy torrent

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wispy torrent
open flame
wispy torrent
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There is no error, write the number in the message, are they seconds and milliseconds?

open flame
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seconds

wispy torrent
open flame
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10 is 10 seconds

wispy torrent
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Okok

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I counted the seconds and they are correct, it works

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Now I have to convert the elapsed seconds into minutes and hours too

open flame
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thats great

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yeah

wispy torrent
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How can I do ?

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I promise this is the last thing I ask of you

open flame
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its ok dw about it

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you can calculate the hours and minutes separately using the % operator, or use timedelta, which i'll post in a minute

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from datetime import timedelta

time_d = timedelta(seconds=int(elapsed_time))
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Did you get the result you wanted?

wispy torrent
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I didn't understand how to do it, sorry

open flame
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Add

from datetime import timedelta

at the top where you import things.
Then, under the elapsed_time initialisation, add

time_d = timedelta(seconds=int(elapsed_time))
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actually wait

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dont name it time

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This should return HH:MM:SS

wispy torrent
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Its ok ?

open flame
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yes

wispy torrent
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IT WORKS!!!!!

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Thank you so much, I couldn't have done it without you!

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I love you

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@open flame@tranquil lion