sending a message in a loop only once discord.py











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as the title suggests i'm trying to send a message (only once) inside a while loop. This is the code so far:



while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
if msg:
pass
hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
if hour == 11 and minute == 22:
await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


the code now send the message multiple times when its 11:22. I tried putting the if statement outside the loop, but it didn't send a message at all. I also tried putting asyncio.sleep(60) in the if statement but that didn't work either. Not sure how to get around this. Help please?










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  • Have you tried using time.sleep() instead of asyncio.sleep()? But that will stop the entire while loop's execution for the sleep duration.
    – boonwj
    Nov 11 at 11:42












  • I did it just then. Thought it worked for a second but then it just stops the whole program from running. In other words, it shuts the bot down after the specified time i entered in the time.sleep() is up
    – brandone
    Nov 11 at 11:52

















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as the title suggests i'm trying to send a message (only once) inside a while loop. This is the code so far:



while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
if msg:
pass
hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
if hour == 11 and minute == 22:
await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


the code now send the message multiple times when its 11:22. I tried putting the if statement outside the loop, but it didn't send a message at all. I also tried putting asyncio.sleep(60) in the if statement but that didn't work either. Not sure how to get around this. Help please?










share|improve this question






















  • Have you tried using time.sleep() instead of asyncio.sleep()? But that will stop the entire while loop's execution for the sleep duration.
    – boonwj
    Nov 11 at 11:42












  • I did it just then. Thought it worked for a second but then it just stops the whole program from running. In other words, it shuts the bot down after the specified time i entered in the time.sleep() is up
    – brandone
    Nov 11 at 11:52















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as the title suggests i'm trying to send a message (only once) inside a while loop. This is the code so far:



while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
if msg:
pass
hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
if hour == 11 and minute == 22:
await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


the code now send the message multiple times when its 11:22. I tried putting the if statement outside the loop, but it didn't send a message at all. I also tried putting asyncio.sleep(60) in the if statement but that didn't work either. Not sure how to get around this. Help please?










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as the title suggests i'm trying to send a message (only once) inside a while loop. This is the code so far:



while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
if msg:
pass
hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
if hour == 11 and minute == 22:
await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


the code now send the message multiple times when its 11:22. I tried putting the if statement outside the loop, but it didn't send a message at all. I also tried putting asyncio.sleep(60) in the if statement but that didn't work either. Not sure how to get around this. Help please?







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  • Have you tried using time.sleep() instead of asyncio.sleep()? But that will stop the entire while loop's execution for the sleep duration.
    – boonwj
    Nov 11 at 11:42












  • I did it just then. Thought it worked for a second but then it just stops the whole program from running. In other words, it shuts the bot down after the specified time i entered in the time.sleep() is up
    – brandone
    Nov 11 at 11:52




















  • Have you tried using time.sleep() instead of asyncio.sleep()? But that will stop the entire while loop's execution for the sleep duration.
    – boonwj
    Nov 11 at 11:42












  • I did it just then. Thought it worked for a second but then it just stops the whole program from running. In other words, it shuts the bot down after the specified time i entered in the time.sleep() is up
    – brandone
    Nov 11 at 11:52


















Have you tried using time.sleep() instead of asyncio.sleep()? But that will stop the entire while loop's execution for the sleep duration.
– boonwj
Nov 11 at 11:42






Have you tried using time.sleep() instead of asyncio.sleep()? But that will stop the entire while loop's execution for the sleep duration.
– boonwj
Nov 11 at 11:42














I did it just then. Thought it worked for a second but then it just stops the whole program from running. In other words, it shuts the bot down after the specified time i entered in the time.sleep() is up
– brandone
Nov 11 at 11:52






I did it just then. Thought it worked for a second but then it just stops the whole program from running. In other words, it shuts the bot down after the specified time i entered in the time.sleep() is up
– brandone
Nov 11 at 11:52














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after researching a bit I found out a way to do this. I created a variable called "seconds" which stored (obviously) seconds. This is my new code:



while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
if msg:
pass
hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
seconds = int(time.strftime("%S"))
if hour == 11 and minute == 22 and seconds == 0:
await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


this did the trick. The statement only gets sent once as well






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    after researching a bit I found out a way to do this. I created a variable called "seconds" which stored (obviously) seconds. This is my new code:



    while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
    msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
    if msg:
    pass
    hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
    minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
    seconds = int(time.strftime("%S"))
    if hour == 11 and minute == 22 and seconds == 0:
    await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


    this did the trick. The statement only gets sent once as well






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      after researching a bit I found out a way to do this. I created a variable called "seconds" which stored (obviously) seconds. This is my new code:



      while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
      msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
      if msg:
      pass
      hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
      minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
      seconds = int(time.strftime("%S"))
      if hour == 11 and minute == 22 and seconds == 0:
      await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


      this did the trick. The statement only gets sent once as well






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        up vote
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        after researching a bit I found out a way to do this. I created a variable called "seconds" which stored (obviously) seconds. This is my new code:



        while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
        msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
        if msg:
        pass
        hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
        minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
        seconds = int(time.strftime("%S"))
        if hour == 11 and minute == 22 and seconds == 0:
        await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


        this did the trick. The statement only gets sent once as well






        share|improve this answer












        after researching a bit I found out a way to do this. I created a variable called "seconds" which stored (obviously) seconds. This is my new code:



        while hour >= 11 and hour < 12:
        msg = await bot.wait_for_message(timeout=1, author=message.author)
        if msg:
        pass
        hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
        minute = int(time.strftime("%M"))
        seconds = int(time.strftime("%S"))
        if hour == 11 and minute == 22 and seconds == 0:
        await bot.send_message(message.channel, "<@258621320898543616> you have 5 min of break left. Finish up whatever your doing quickly tatsu san!")


        this did the trick. The statement only gets sent once as well







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