C$DELAY

C$DELAY

The C$DELAY library routine suspends the running program without using CPU resources.

Syntax:

CALL "C$DELAY" USING seconds

Parameters:

seconds

any numeric data item or numeric literal

Specifies the time to wait before the program execution is resumed. Decimal values are allowed.

Examples:

Example - Put the program to sleep for half second

call "c$delay" using 0.5