TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables

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#DELAY Built-In Function

Use #DELAY to cause TACL to delay for a specified number of centiseconds.

centiseconds

is the number of centiseconds for TACL to delay.

Result

#DELAY returns nothing.

Consideration

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You cannot end the #DELAY built-in function using the BREAK key if you specify

#BREAKMODE DISABLE or #BREAKMODE POSTPONE. You can end the

#DELAY built-in function using the BREAK key only when #BREAKMODE

ENABLE is specified.

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If I/O is pending or outstanding on a TACL IN file, you cannot break the delay.

Examples

This list illustrates #DELAY values:

#DELAY centiseconds

#DELAY 100 means delay 1 second

#DELAY 6000 means delay 1 minute

#DELAY 30000 means delay 5 minutes