[jjgarsal]

I am trying to test a program using the battery level function. I have to do something if the battery level change, then I have to be checking the battery level.
I start the program with a while structure and I can't to detect when the sysinfo.battery() changes by 1 unit (of 100 units). Suddenly the change is by example from 100 to 85 or from 71 to 57 and the program stop.

The code looks like:

import sysinfo

batteryLevel= sysinfo.battery()

while batteryLevel > 97:
.......
if sysinfo.battery() < batteryLevel:
batteryLevel = sysinfo.battery()
print batteryLevel
doSomething()
...............

Why it is happening? or what can I do to know when the battery level change in one unit?

Thanks for your help.

PS: The code have tabs but in the message are not published.

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Hi,

I don't think that's possible. See 100 (the battery level for full) divided by 7 (the number of bars of the battery indicator) is 14.285. Python probably rounds it off to 14 or 15. 100-15 is 85, 85-14 is 71 etc. The point is that using sysinfo you can only display the battery level on a 0-7 scale rather than a 0-100 scale.

But this is just a guess. I may be wrong.

PS. When posting code, use the code tags (the # button that you see in the buttons area when making a post). That keeps indentation.