In Python programming function you can use sleep() function available under time module. This will sleep or delay script execution for the defined number of seconds.
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You can use time.sleep(seconds) as per following. The value passed to sleep() function is in second.
1 2 3 4 5 | import time time.sleep(1) # delays for 1 second time.sleep(5) # delays for 5 seconds time.sleep(60) # delays for 1 minute |
Python Delay Example
Let’s create a small script to print current date time every after 5 seconds.
1 2 3 4 5 | import time while True: print("DateTime " + time.strftime("%c")) time.sleep(5) # delays execution by 5 seconds |
Execute above script on command line. To exit running script press CTRL + C. You will see results something like below
DateTime Fri Sep 28 17:39:50 2018 DateTime Fri Sep 28 17:39:55 2018 DateTime Fri Sep 28 17:40:00 2018 DateTime Fri Sep 28 17:40:05 2018 DateTime Fri Sep 28 17:40:10 2018