how to terminate a timer thread in python

Question

i have a code to run a timer thread and its doing a job every x seconds and its has no problem

import threading
import datetime

def starThread():
    t = threading.Timer(0, Do_Analysis())
    t.start()

def Do_Analysis(): 
    #define  threading.Timer to do the job every x secound
    t=threading.Timer(1, Do_Analysis).start()
    print('datetime is : ',datetime.datetime.now())
    print(threading.active_count)

starThread()

i need to terminate the thread at some point and i dont know how to do it can anyone please guide me

You can cancel a waiting timer via the threading.Timer.cancel() method. — zwer
– zwer, Commented Jul 24, 2018 at 10:55

Adelina · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-24 10:56:05Z

1

Do something like this:

t=threading.Timer(1, Do_Analysis)
t.start()
if True:
    t.cancel()

answered Jul 24, 2018 at 10:56

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