How can I redo something every minute in python

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how can I loop print something 5 times every minute like when 09.01 am print something 5 times then do nothing till 09.02 am and print other things 5 times then do nothing

Does this answer you question? stackoverflow.com/questions/377454/… — Rustam Garayev
– Rustam Garayev, Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 7:45
No, assume I give you to do work at 10.00 when you are done you can take a rest but when 11.00 you will do new work. — Geeeeee
– Geeeeee, Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 7:51
Does this answer your question? Scheduling tasks using Python's Schedule module. See also Schedule a repeating event in Python 3 — trincot
– trincot, Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 8:11
Does this answer your question? Schedule a repeating event in Python 3 — FObersteiner
– FObersteiner, Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 8:22

qmeeus · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-18 08:12:02Z

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Here are some elements of answer:

datetime.datetime.now() gives you the time of, well, now. Use it to check whether it's 10 am
time.sleep allows you to pause your program for a given number of second (say 60 to make 1 minute)
while True allows you to run a program continuously

Also, note that it is probably not the best approach. On linux and mac you have utilities such as cron to do that. Pretty sure something exists on Windows as well. Bottom line: scheduling is best managed by your os, not by a python script.

answered Feb 18, 2021 at 8:12

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FObersteiner Over a year ago

guess you might also want to point to something async; typically you don't want the timer of your scheduled task block all the rest of your code

qmeeus Over a year ago

@MrFuppes true that

Geeeeee Over a year ago

Thanks, everyone, that exactly what I wanted to do.

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