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status

Syntax

    soundObject.status
    the status of soundObject

Description

Read-only property indicates the status of sound channel `channelNum`. Possible values include:

Status | Name | Meaning
--- | --- | ---
0 | Idle | No sounds are queued or playing.
1 | Loading | A queued sound is being preloaded but is not yet playing.
2 | Queued | The sound channel has finished preloading a queued sound but is not yet playing the sound.
3 | Playing | A sound is playing.
4 | Paused | A sound is paused.

Example

This statement displays the current status of sound channel 2 in the Message window:

    put sound(2).status

See also

`isBusy()`, `pause()`, `play() (sound)`, `stop() (sound)`