llListen question

I have a script that is similiar to the one I'm going to type below

integer channel;
default
{
state_entry()
{
channel = llRound(llFrand(100));
llListen(channel,"",llGetOwner(),"";
}

touch_start(integer i)
{
llSetTimerEvent(10);
}

timer()
{
channel = llRound(llFrand(100));
llSay(0,"the new channel is " + (string)channel);
llSetTimerEvent(0);
}


That is pretty much a part of my script and I was wondering what I am doing wrong. The first number generated will work and I can get responses from my script for that. However when the timer goes off the new number will not work. When ever I type on that channel I do not get a response.
Thanks for your help.

You are still listening on the first channel. Add a new Listen after you create a new channel in your timer.

Something like this...

integer channel;
integer handle;

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        channel = llRound(llFrand(100));
        handle = llListen(channel,"",llGetOwner(),"");
    }

    touch_start(integer i)
    {
        llSetTimerEvent(10);
    }

    timer()
    {
        llListenRemove (handle);
        channel = llRound(llFrand(100));
        llSay(0,"the new channel is " + (string)channel);
        handle = llListen(channel,"",llGetOwner(),"");
        llSetTimerEvent(0);
    }
}

Thank you! as you can tell. I am not good at scripting at all but I'm trying to learn

Unless you have a real need for all of those channels, you should also make provision in your script for removing their handles once you no longer have need for them. A clean sim is happy sim.

As Rolig has mentioned and Sindy has implemented to your script you should always grab the handle on a listen that you open then use that handle to close the listen after it is no longer needed. Too many open listens in a sim will cause enough lag to slow everything down as the sim will still process the listens even if they are not used.

They will also crash your script, I think, if it has more than 65 listens open at once.