pause

The pause command displays any text associated with the command and then waits a specified amount of time or until the carriage return is pressed. pause is especially useful in conjunction with load files.

Syntax:

     pause <time> {"<string>"}

<time> may be any integer constant or expression. Choosing -1 will wait until a carriage return is hit, zero (0) won't pause at all, and a positive integer will wait the specified number of seconds. pause 0 is synonymous with print.

Note: Since pause communicates with the operating system rather than the graphics, it may behave differently with different device drivers (depending upon how text and graphics are mixed).

Examples:

     pause -1    # Wait until a carriage return is hit
     pause 3     # Wait three seconds
     pause -1  "Hit return to continue"
     pause 10  "Isn't this pretty?  It's a cubic spline."