How to reset timer in python?

Question

Python

def enemyspawn(enemies,screen):
    stg = Settings()
    timer = pygame.time.get_ticks()
    if timer>=3600:
        r = random.randint(0, 736)
        enemy = Alien(r, screen)
        enemies.add(enemy)
        timer= 0

The problem is that the last command does not give any result. Pycharm writes that the timer variable in the last line is not used. Is it possible to somehow reset the value of the timer variable, or should the timer be reset in another way? Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

If this is the whole body of the method, then the last action is simply meaningless. With a new method call, a new variable timer is created into which the new value from get_ticks is written