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 - Various the file handle classes: Looking at these again, I don't
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---
module: [kind=event] timer
see: os.startTimer To start a timer.
---
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SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The CC: Tweaked Developers
SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
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The @{timer} event is fired when a timer started with @{os.startTimer} completes.
## Return Values
1. @{string}: The event name.
2. @{number}: The ID of the timer that finished.
## Example
Start and wait for a timer to finish.
```lua
local timer_id = os.startTimer(2)
local event, id
repeat
event, id = os.pullEvent("timer")
until id == timer_id
print("Timer with ID " .. id .. " was fired")
```