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I've written a simplistic flow to flash the LED on my Nexus 6 (Flashlight On / Sleep 1s / Flashlight Off).

I would like to call this flow from within a loop in a script - the script would take the number of flashes as a parameter, and use the loop to call the flow that number of times (so I could, for example, get the LED to flash 5 times if a particular event occurred).

I've not tried writing any scripts in Automagic before, and I can't see how to call a flow from within a While loop. Any assistance appreciated.

(Also interested in any better ways to achieve what I'm trying to do, but this is primarily a learning exercise for me...)

I love and prefer these commands too. Ability to Execuse/Stop/Enable/Disable Flows in the script.

Hi,

Scripts can not execute/stop/enable/disable flows. Scripts are mostly meant to modify variables but not to completely replace regular actions.

Regards,
Martin

Thanks, Martin.

So to achieve my aim, I need to explicitly code the For/While loop within my flow (e.g. use an Action to set a counter to zero, then test its value in a Condition, use an Action to increment it within the loop and then go back to the Condition until it reaches its final value)?

Yes, that's the way. You can also check out an example like 'Countdown' in the Menu->Catalog in section 'Scripting'.

Regards,
Martin