nanosleep

nanosleep --  pauses the interpreter for seconds and nanoseconds.

Syntax

nanosleep (seconds,nanosecs)

		

Arguments

seconds

The number of seconds to pause.

nanosecs

The number of nanoseconds to pause.

Returns

t after the time has elapsed.

Description

This function will pause the interpreter for the total time of seconds + nanoseconds

Example

    Gamma> time(1,nanosleep( 0, 999999999 ));
    1.0009529590606689453
    //this example is done with the ticksize at 0.5 ms.
    		

See Also

sleep

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