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#1 2012-01-14 06:34:36
Timer to include 100ths of a second
Hi there, I'm creating a project which needs a timer in seconds to include 10ths and 100ths of a second as well so it would look like this 04:49
I can get it with 2 digits ie. 4.4 but can't seem to work out how to get the last digit on?
Thanks for any replies
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#5 2012-01-14 08:30:18
- RedRocker227
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Re: Timer to include 100ths of a second
You can't change how accurate the timer is, unfortunately.
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#7 2012-01-14 09:05:07
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Re: Timer to include 100ths of a second
SJRCS_011 wrote:
You can use a variable as a timer, though.
That won't be accurate though.
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#8 2012-01-14 09:32:17
Re: Timer to include 100ths of a second
RedRocker227 wrote:
SJRCS_011 wrote:
You can use a variable as a timer, though.
That won't be as accurate though.
It's still a timer, and if you hack to change the color, no one notices. And a way to speed it up so that it is accurate is to have it wait a little shorter of a time then is says it's waiting so that by the time the blocks activate, it will already have been the perfect time.
I hope that made sense.
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#9 2012-01-14 13:58:30
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Re: Timer to include 100ths of a second
henley wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
SJRCS_011 wrote:
You can use a variable as a timer, though.
That won't be as accurate though.
It's still a timer, and if you hack to change the color, no one notices. And a way to speed it up so that it is accurate is to have it wait a little shorter of a time then is says it's waiting so that by the time the blocks activate, it will already have been the perfect time.
I hope that made sense.
Yes, that did make sense, but it still won't be anywhere near as accurate the timer, especially after it's been running for a while. If you want it to be accurate to two decimal places, you'd have to put:
When green flag clicked
Forever
Wait (0.01) secs
Change "Variable" by (0.01)
End forever
And the smaller the wait time is, the less accurate it gets.
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#10 2012-01-14 14:46:20
Re: Timer to include 100ths of a second
RedRocker227 wrote:
henley wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
That won't be as accurate though.
It's still a timer, and if you hack to change the color, no one notices. And a way to speed it up so that it is accurate is to have it wait a little shorter of a time then is says it's waiting so that by the time the blocks activate, it will already have been the perfect time.
I hope that made sense.Yes, that did make sense, but it still won't be anywhere near as accurate the timer, especially after it's been running for a while. If you want it to be accurate to two decimal places, you'd have to put:
When green flag clicked
Forever
Wait (0.01) secs
Change "Variable" by (0.01)
End forever
And the smaller the wait time is, the less accurate it gets.
Touché.
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#11 2012-01-14 16:19:34
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Re: Timer to include 100ths of a second
The timer automatically go to the thousand's place. It simply only reveals up to the tenth's place if you click that check-box next to <(timer)>
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#12 2012-01-14 19:21:26
Re: Timer to include 100ths of a second
Using the join block, you can manually extend the number of decimal places displayed. Just set a variable to an adjoinment of however many letters you want of the timer. I tested this method and it worked for me. Hope this helps! 
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