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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Sleep pauses execution of the program for a period of time equal to milliseconds. The program does not yield the event loop: execution will continue on the next statement. In most cases, [[SetTimeout|SetTimeOut]]() will be more useful. | Sleep pauses execution of the program for a period of time equal to milliseconds. The program does not yield the event loop: execution will continue on the next statement. | ||
Use of this statement is discouraged. It puts your app into a hard loop for the time period, which has no good side effects. In most cases, [[SetTimeout|SetTimeOut]]() will be more useful. | |||
== Example == | == Example == | ||
Revision as of 13:52, 5 December 2016
Sleep milliseconds
Description
Sleep pauses execution of the program for a period of time equal to milliseconds. The program does not yield the event loop: execution will continue on the next statement.
Use of this statement is discouraged. It puts your app into a hard loop for the time period, which has no good side effects. In most cases, SetTimeOut() will be more useful.
Example
Rem Sleep Example 'Pause execution for 5 seconds Sleep 5000