Francesco, The output looks like an integer to me - an integer representing the millisecond count. Python agrees it is an integer:
>>> type(clock.get_time()) <type 'int'> Also, I'm assuming your indentation is off on the second clock.get_time() call. The main problem I see other than that is that you need to call "clock.tick()", not "clock.tick", which just returns the method itself. And if you never call clock.tick(), clock.get_time() will always return the same thing (as seen in your output). --Paul On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Francesco Martino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if my question is silly, but maybe I didn't catch very much some > question about pygame.time module. > > I am writing an application which needs to very accurate about timing; it > displays sequentially some images, each one of them remaining on the screen > for a constant time T. > This is a part of the code I wrote to understand how time module works: > > ********************************************************************* > clock = time.Clock() > > while 1: > > clock.tick > msec = clock.get_time() > print "1. msec = %i" %msec # these lines has been written just to see > what is returned by get_time() > > for event in pygame.event.get(): > if event.type == QUIT: > exit() > > surf.fill((255,255,255,255)) # these lines has been written just to > see what is returned by get_time() > > msec = clock.get_time() > print "2. msec = %i" %msec > ********************************************************************* > > This is the output of th application: > > 1.msec = 1767859565 > 2.msec = 1767859565 > 1.msec = 1767859565 > 2.msec = 1767859565 > 1.msec = 1767859565 > 2.msec = 1767859565 > .... > > My problem is that I cannot understand what type is returned by > get.time(): > > at http://snipurl.com/28h08, it is reported that this method returns an > int > at http://snipurl.com/28h0t , it is reported that this method returns > milliseconds. > > My other question is: is it possibile to transform milliseconds type into > an int? > > I am using Pygame 1.7.1 > > Thank you in advance for any help you can provide me, > Francesco > > >
