| .SLEEP Statement Details. |
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| SLEEP Statement Details |
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| Syntax |
| SLEEP [seconds] |
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| The optional argument seconds determines the number of seconds the |
| program is suspended. |
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| The SLEEP statement suspends the program until one of the following |
| events occurs: |
| ž The time period in the seconds argument has elapsed. |
| ž A key is pressed. |
| ž An enabled event occurs. |
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| If seconds is zero, or not specified, the program is suspended |
| indefinitely. Only a keystroke or an enabled event can interrupt an |
| indefinite suspension. |
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| SLEEP responds only to keystrokes that occur after it executes. |
| SLEEP ignores characters in the keyboard buffer that were typed before |
| it executed. |
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| An event (such as ON COM or ON TIMER) cannot interrupt a SLEEP |
| suspension unless its trapping is active when the event occurs. This |
| means that trapping must have been initialized with an ON event |
| statement, turned on with an event ON statement, and not have been |
| disabled with an event OFF statement or an event STOP statement. |
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