# Return from TIMER\_COMPLETE function?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-from-timer-complete-function/280632>\
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**Created:** [January 29, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-from-timer-complete-function/280632 "2009-01-29T18:52:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![activa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@activa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/activa)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/return-from-timer-complete-function/280632/1 "2009-01-29T18:52:01Z")

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How can I return a value from within a timer function? This doesn’t work:

if (timeOneSec()) {  
doSomething ();  
}

function timeOneSec ():Boolean {  
var theTimer:Timer = new Timer (1000,1);  
theTimer.addEventListener (TimerEvent.TIMER\_COMPLETE, timerDone);  
function timerDone (e:TimerEvent):Boolean {  
return true;  
}  
}