python timer event code example

Example 1: how to run a function in interval in python

# this makes program sleep in intervals
from time import time, sleep
while True:
    sleep(1 - time() % 1) # run every 1 second... you can change that
	# thing to run

Example 2: python timer()

def hello():
    print "hello, world"

t = Timer(30.0, hello)
t.start() # after 30 seconds, "hello, world" will be printed