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  SLEEP

The SLEEP command allows macros to pause for a determined time and then continue without any user intervention (c.f. the PAUSE command). The length of pause is specified in seconds. e.g. The following example pauses for 5 seconds:

Main menu: ENTER COMMAND [PLOT DATA]:sleep
LENGTH OF PAUSE (seconds) (Range: 0.0 to 1000.000)
 [1.000000]:5

This command is mainly useful for demonstration macros, which should run continuously without any user intervention, but nevertheless need to pause so that message text can be read.



Andrew Hammersley
2004-01-09