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Python setInterval() equivalent
import threading
def set_interval(func, sec):
def func_wrapper():
set_interval(func, sec)
func()
t = threading.Timer(sec, func_wrapper)
t.start()
return t
@EECSGEEK
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EECSGEEK commented Dec 1, 2017

How to stop the timer?

@micalevisk
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to stop the timer, you may use cancel method, like t.cancel()
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9812344/cancellable-threading-timer-in-python

@4sushi
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4sushi commented Nov 20, 2019

An other option: Event scheduler. https://docs.python.org/3/library/sched.html

@Animenosekai
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I get an error while doing this;

Exception in thread Thread-13:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 1254, in run
    self.function(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "myprogram.py", line 56, in func_wrapper
    func()
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

@natsworkspace
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I get an error while doing this;

Exception in thread Thread-13:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 1254, in run
    self.function(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "myprogram.py", line 56, in func_wrapper
    func()
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

the thing i think ur doing is, doing something like this:
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do this instead:
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@ashkangoleh
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is there other way to use it on async functions?

@anchikhorov
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this not will work as expected, it python no such analog

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