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Pause
Pause
[
n
]
pauses for at least
n
seconds.
MORE INFORMATION
Pause
is accurate only down to a granularity of at least
$TimeUnit
seconds.
The time elapsed during the execution of
Pause
is counted in
SessionTime
and
AbsoluteTiming
, but not in
TimeUsed
or
Timing
.
EXAMPLES
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(1)
Pause
takes no CPU time:
It does use wall clock time:
Pause
takes no CPU time:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
It does use wall clock time:
In[2]:=
Out[2]=
SEE ALSO
Animator
FinishDynamic
ScheduledTasks
TUTORIALS
Date and Time Functions
MORE ABOUT
Basic Input & Output in Programs
Flow Control
Procedural Programming
Timed Evaluations
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