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3.8.6.2. Repeat Count

Property Name

REPEAT

Purpose

This property defines the number of times the alarm should be repeated, after the initial trigger.

Value Type

INTEGER

Property Parameters

IANA and non-standard property parameters can be specified on this property.

Conformance

This property can be specified in a "VALARM" calendar component.

Description

This property defines the number of times an alarm should be repeated after its initial trigger. If the alarm triggers more than once, then this property MUST be specified along with the "DURATION" property.

Format Definition

This property is defined by the following notation:

 repeat  = "REPEAT" repparam ":" integer CRLF
 ;Default is "0", zero.

 repparam   = *(";" other-param)

Example

The following is an example of this property for an alarm that repeats 4 additional times with a 5-minute delay after the initial triggering of the alarm:

 REPEAT:4
 DURATION:PT5M

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