Timer.delay() returns nil handle (SOLVED)

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Hello everybody.
Sorry if this turns out to be a silly question.
In a function in my script, I say

local a = timer.delay(5, true, function ()
--after some time
timer.cancel(a)
end)

It throws an error saying that bad argument to timer.cancel(), number expected, got nil.
Where am I going wrong??
Thanks in advance.

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a is undefined here. Actually, this is different global undefined variable, not your “a”.
Do this instead:

local a
a = timer.delay(5, true, function ()
--after some time
timer.cancel(a)
end)
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3

Another option:

timer.delay(5, true, function(self, handle, time_elapsed)
   timer.cancel(handle)
end)
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4

Thanks @dmitriy and @britzl, finally I understood how to use timer!:upside_down_face:

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