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Example 1:: onEachFrame { hintSilent str position player; }; //Hints position every frame
Example 2:: Private variables defined outside of onEachFrame scope are not inherited: _myvar = "bob"; myvar = "bill"; onEachFrame { hintSilent str [_myvar, myvar] }; //Result: [any,"bill"]
Example 3:: Only one onEachFrame loop can exist at any time: onEachFrame { player sideChat "first"; }; onEachFrame { player sideChat "second"; }; //Result: "second","second","second"..."second" Note how "first" never gets shown even though it precedes "second". This is because script thread is executing within the same frame and first onEachFrame is overwritten before it has a chance to execute its statement.
Example 4:: Script suspension is not permitted within onEachFrame scope: onEachFrame { sleep 1 }; //ERROR!!!

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 |x1= <code>onEachFrame { hintSilent str position player; }; //Hints position every frame</code> |= Example 1
+|x2= Private variables defined outside of [[onEachFrame]] scope are not inherited:
+<code>_myvar = "bob";
+myvar = "bill";
+[[onEachFrame]] {
+	[[hintSilent]] [[str]] [_myvar, myvar]
+};
+//Result: [any,"bill"]</code>
+|= Example 2
+|x3= Only one [[onEachFrame]] loop can exist at any time:
+<code>[[onEachFrame]] {
+	[[player]] [[sideChat]] "first";
+};
+[[onEachFrame]] {
+	[[player]] [[sideChat]] "second";
+};
+//Result: "second","second","second"..."second"</code>
+Note how "first" never gets shown even though it precedes "second". This is because script thread is executing within the same frame and first [[onEachFrame]] is overwritten before it has a chance to execute its statement. |= Example 3
+|x4= Script suspension is not permitted within [[onEachFrame]] scope:
+<code>[[onEachFrame]] {
+	[[sleep]] 1
+};
+//ERROR!!!</code> |= Example 4
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