How to ignore function in a function? Topic is solved

[fona]

Dear friends,

I created a small function video1 to use it with pause so I can can do some stuff manually like this:

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F5::
video1()
{
SendInput {b}
SendInput {s} 
Pause3("RAlt")
Sleep, 50
SendInput {a} 
SendInput {s} 
}

Pause3(key) {
Loop
   {
   Sleep 100
   } Until GetKeyState(key,"P")
}
Return

Then I use the function "video1" again but I want it to ignore the function pause3 and just send keys without pause. Such an option without pause would be useful for my workflow. Is it possible somehow? Thanks in advance

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i::
        ;///////new project/////
video1()

[mikeyww]

Hello,

Defining a function does not call the function. (EDIT: corrected by gregster below.)

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33

F5::video1("RAlt")
F6::video1()

video1(key := "") {
 Send bs
 If (key != "")
  KeyWait % key, D
 Sleep 50
 Send as
}

[gregster]

To be fair, there is smth like a function hotkey (or hotkey function ? ). That's what we have in F5:: in the original code.

[mikeyww]

I stand corrected! I forgot that it was there in v1.

[fona]

Hello,

Defining a function does not call the function. (EDIT: corrected by gregster below.)

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33

F5::video1("RAlt")
F6::video1()

video1(key := "") {
 Send bs
 If (key != "")
  KeyWait % key, D
 Sleep 50
 Send as
}

Thank you Mikey. Should I try this (my real code is actually too large) or you mean you have made a mistake here?

[mikeyww]

The code is fine. My description of calling a function was inaccurate in the case of the function hotkey as gregster has cited.

The answer to your question is that a function can have optional parameters, described here.

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/Functions.htm#optional

This enables some function calls to use the parameter, while others do not. The function can then assess whether the parameter is present, and how to handle it. In your function, you can use this feature to pass the "pause key" (key for which to wait) to the function as a parameter.

For completeness, the equivalent function hotkey is provided below.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33
F5::video1("RAlt")
F6::
 video1(key := "") {
  Send bs
  If (key != "")
   KeyWait % key, D
  Sleep 50
  Send as
 }

[fona]

The code is fine. My description of calling a function was inaccurate in the case of the function hotkey as gregster has cited.

The answer to your question is that a function can have optional parameters, described here.

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/Functions.htm#optional

This enables some function calls to use the parameter, while others do not. The function can then assess whether the parameter is present, and how to handle it. In your function, you can use this feature to pass the "pause key" (key for which to wait) to the function as a parameter.

For completeness, the equivalent function hotkey is provided below.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33
F5::video1("RAlt")
F6::
 video1(key := "") {
  Send bs
  If (key != "")
   KeyWait % key, D
  Sleep 50
  Send as
 }

It works! Thank you so much Michael. You have always been helpful here