Name: ticks

Type: function

Syntax: the ticks

Syntax: ticks()

Summary: <return|Returns> the number of <ticks> since the start of the <eon>.

Synonyms: tick

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:
the ticks

Example:
put the ticks - startTicks into elapsedTicks

Returns: The <ticks> <function> <return|returns> a positive <integer>.

Description:
Use the <ticks> <function> to time <event|events> that must be checked more often than once per second.

Unlike HyperTalk's "ticks" function, the <ticks> function <return|returns> the total number of <ticks> since midnight GMT, January 1, 1970, rather than the total number of <ticks> since the last system startup.

A tick is one-sixtieth of a second. If you don't need to time events with this much precision, use the seconds <function>. If you need to time <event|events> with greater <precision>, use the <milliseconds> <function>.

References: ticks (keyword), integer (keyword), idleTicks (property), wait (command), time (function), milliseconds (function), date (function), ticks (function), precision (glossary), eon (glossary), return (glossary), event (glossary), function (control_st)

Tags: math
