alarm (event)

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Grid Modem.png  Event alarm
Fired when an alarm has expired.
Returned Object 1 The alarm's numerical representation value (returned when os.setAlarm() is initially called).

Examples

Grid paper.png  Example
Sets the alarm at 7.00 (in-game) hour, then waits for the event to fire.
Code
local alarmID = os.setAlarm(7) -- Sets the Alarm at 7.00

while true do
  local event, id = os.pullEvent("alarm") -- Waits for the alarm event
  
  if id == alarmID then -- Checks to see if it's the alarm we created
    print("The alarm has gone off!")
    break -- Get out of the loop
  end
end
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