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Returns control to the operating system for a specified time.
SLEEP(Duration)
Duration
Type: Integer
The number of milliseconds to return control to the operating system.
When you use the SLEEP function, control is guaranteed to return to the operating system for at least Duration milliseconds.
Note
The period may be longer than Duration milliseconds, depending on what the operating system is doing at the time that control is to return to the caller.
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