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Name |  | ### delay()
Examples |  |
    int pos = 0;
    void loop() {
      background(204);
      pos++;
      line(pos, 20, pos, 80);
      if(pos > width) {
        pos = 0;
      }
      delay(250);  // Stops the program for 250 milliseconds
    }
Description |  | Forces the program to stop running for a specified time. Delay time are specified in thousandths of a second. The function call delay(3000) will stop the program for three seconds.
Syntax |  |
    delay(milliseconds)
Parameters |  |
milliseconds |  | int: specified as milliseconds (there are 1000 milliseconds in 1 second)
Returns |  | None
Usage |  | Web & Application

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