in reply to How to Run a section of code for a particular amount of time ?

Declare a variable $try_count and increment it inside the loop. Exit the loop if $try_count > 30 .

BTW, the current code outputs "Calculator is not opened" even after opening it.

($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,

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