pause

Type: External

Group: time

Syntax

pause(value)

Description

Wait for a specified period of time. The command pause(n) waits for n seconds

Notes

Keep in mind that the parsing of the pause(x) command will also take some time. Therefor the waiting time will be longer than expected.

Examples

pause(3) waits for 3 seconds
pause(3.5) waits for 3.5 seconds

See Also

tic, toc, date, time