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: pause ()

: pause (n)

Suspend the execution of the program for n seconds.

If invoked without an input arguments then the program is suspended until a character is typed.

n is a positive real value and may be a fraction of a second, for example:

tic; pause (0.05); toc
    -| Elapsed time is 0.05039 seconds.

The following example prints a message and then waits 5 seconds before clearing the screen.

disp ("wait please...");
pause (5);
clc;

See also: kbhit.

Package: octave