Question

I’d like to run an applescript for a determined amount of time.
When the counter reaches 0 the script should stop working.

I’ve found online a timer code like this one:

set input to text returned of (display dialog "Enter length of timer" default answer "")
delay input
beep

But instead of waiting for that amount of time I’d like to perform all the cycles and actions of my script. Is there any easy way to achieve that?

Answer 1

set start to current date
repeat
    say "a"
    if (current date) - start ≥ 3 then exit repeat
    delay 1
end repeat