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Legacy Documentation
Mathematica 6
(2007)
This is documentation for Mathematica 6, which was
based on an earlier version of Wolfram Language.
View current documentation (Version 15.0)
Mathematica
>
Flow Control
>
Built-in
Mathematica
Symbol
Date and Time Functions
Tutorials »
|
Animator
FinishDynamic
See Also »
|
Basic Input & Output in Programs
Flow Control
Procedural Programming
More About »
Pause
Pause
[
n
]
pauses for at least
n
seconds.
MORE INFORMATION
Pause
is accurate only down to a granularity of at least
$TimeUnit
seconds.
The time elapsed during the execution of
Pause
is counted in
SessionTime
and
AbsoluteTiming
, but not in
TimeUsed
or
Timing
.
EXAMPLES
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Basic Examples
(1)
Pause
takes no CPU time:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
It does use wall clock time:
In[2]:=
Out[2]=
SEE ALSO
Animator
FinishDynamic
TUTORIALS
Date and Time Functions
MORE ABOUT
Basic Input & Output in Programs
Flow Control
Procedural Programming
New in 2
EXAMPLES
Basic Examples 
