Question

I want to write a function which will return after 5 seconds no matter what:

def myfunction():
    while passed_time < 5_seconds:
        do1()
        do2()
        do3()
        .
        .
    return

I mean, this function run for 5 seconds only, after 5 seconds, it should end, and continue with other function:

myfunction()
otherfunction()   ----> This should start 5 seconds after myfunction() is executed.

Best Regards

Answer 1

You can do:

def myfunction():
    start = time.time()
    while time.time() < start + 5:
        do1()
        do2()
        do3()

Note that this will stop after at least 5 seconds – if do1, do2, and do3 each take 3 seconds, then this function will take 9 seconds.

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If you want to cut off myFunction between these calls, you can do:

def myfunction():
    todo = itertools.cycle([do1, do2, do3])
    start = time.time()
    while time.time() < start + 5:
        todo.next()()

This case would take 6s