Random Delay/Wait Between Actions

[ticktonc]

Thank you for providing support through your forum.

I would like to insert a random (interval between 10 seconds and 10 minutes) wait between steps/actions in the macro. Could someone show me how?

[Gintaras]

Macro Macro2126

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int i
for i 0 10
,wait RandomInt(1 10) ;;wait 1-10 s
,out i

[ticktonc]

Hi Gintaras, thank you for the reply.

I'm not quite sure I understand how to reformat that if I were to use different random intervals.
For example, if I were to change the values so that it fits between 38 seconds and 4 minutes, do I have to modify "for i 0 10" on line 2 as well?
Assuming that your code is for intervals between 10 seconds and 10 minutes (your comment "wait 1-10 s" is confusing me, because when I see "s", I supposed it means "seconds".

Is there also a way to output the random delay into a text file, just so I can make sure that the intervals fit within the range?

[Gintaras]

Create function like this, change the values.
Function WaitRandom_02s_to_3s

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;/
double wt=0.2+(RandomNumber*(3-0.2))
out wt
wait wt

Replace out to LogFile if need.

Run this macro to test it.
Macro Macro2133

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WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"
WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"
WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"
WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"
WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"
WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"
WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"
WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"
WaitRandom_02s_to_3s
out "step"

[ticktonc]

Awesome, making a function and linking it actually makes the whole macro a lot cleaner! Thanks!