docs/pages/api-reference/task.md

# Task

Built-in task scheduler & thread spawning

#### Example usage

```lua
local task = require("@lune/task")

-- Waiting for a certain amount of time
task.wait(1)
print("Waited for one second")

-- Running a task after a given amount of time
task.delay(2, function()
	print("Ran after two seconds")
end)

-- Spawning a new task that runs concurrently
task.spawn(function()
	print("Running instantly")
	task.wait(1)
	print("One second passed inside the task")
end)

print("Running after task.spawn yields")
```

## Functions

### cancel

Stops a currently scheduled thread from resuming.

#### Parameters

-   `thread` The thread to cancel

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### defer

Defers a thread or function to run at the end of the current task queue.

#### Parameters

-   `functionOrThread` The function or thread to defer

-   `...` T...

#### Returns

-   The thread that will be deferred

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### delay

Delays a thread or function to run after `duration` seconds.

#### Parameters

-   `duration` number

-   `functionOrThread` The function or thread to delay

-   `...` T...

#### Returns

-   The thread that will be delayed

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### spawn

Instantly runs a thread or function.

If the spawned task yields, the thread that spawned the task will resume, letting the spawned task
run in the background.

#### Parameters

-   `functionOrThread` The function or thread to spawn

-   `...` T...

#### Returns

-   The thread that was spawned

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### wait

Waits for _at least_ the given amount of time.

The minimum wait time possible when using `task.wait` is limited by the underlying OS sleep
implementation. For most systems this means `task.wait` is accurate down to about 5 milliseconds or
less.

#### Parameters

-   `duration` The amount of time to wait

#### Returns

-   The exact amount of time waited

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