syntax error in timer()

[Christina Halpin]

I admit, I am a complete newbie. I keep getting syntax error for timer(). At the start of the line. If I take everything out, I still get it. If I move it somewhere else, I still get it. If I promise God I will be good if it goes away, I still get it.. But if I change the name to timer2(), then it goes away.

[Zena Juran]

Maybe if you post the code someone might be able to see something that you don't.   :-)

[Rolig Loon]

A syntax error at the start of a line usually means that the mistake is at the end of the previous one .... like a missing } bracket or ) parenthesis.  That sort of omission is maddeningly common -- I do it all the time, at least. If you use a good external editor, it will catch most errors like that.

ETA:  BTW, timer2() is not a valid event name.  You have to use only the ones that LSL provides.  You're not allowed to make up your own.

[Qie Niangao]

Without seeing the code, this is really guesswork, but if timer2() is working, it must be defining a top-level function, not an event-handler within a state (such as default).

So maybe you were trying to define a function, and merely got in trouble using the name "timer" because it's a reserved word in LSL, where it can only be used to specify a handler for the timer event.

[Acheron Gloom]

Adding onto what Qie said, you're probably putting it above the default state, when it needs to be in a state.

 

Next time post your script though, and it'd still help if you post it now.

[Christina Halpin]

Thanks. Acheron, you got it exactly right.