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DELAY - Miscellaneous
Function
Insert a pause
Syntax
DELAY msec
See Also
ONTIME, TIME
Usage
msec is an expression indicating the number of milliseconds Extended BASIC should
pause before executing the next statement.
Using DELAY rather than software do-nothing loops results in programs that run
appropriately on future hardware which will have clock speeds greater than currently
possible.
Example
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PRINT2 "Are you awake?"
DELAY 10 : REM Pause 10 msec for a response
IF INLEN2=0 THEN GOTO 60
PRINT1 "The device on port 2 is alive"
END
PRINT1 "The device on port 2 is asleep"
END
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