DTRHELP.HLB  —  Functions  FN$WAIT
       Places the current process into hibernation for the number of
       seconds specified in its argument.

1  –  Input

       The number of seconds to wait. You can also specify a prompting
       value expression.

2  –  Output

       A pause determined by the seconds specified in the argument.

3  –  Examples

       DTR> BEGIN
       CON> REPEAT 3 PRINT "HALLO",
       CON> FN$WAIT(2)
       CON> END

               FN$WAIT

        HALLO           0
        HALLO           0
        HALLO           0

       DTR>

       The following example uses a prompting value expression.

       DTR> BEGIN
       CON> REPEAT 3 PRINT "HALLO",
       CON> FN$WAIT(**.'Seconds')
       CON> END

               FN$WAIT

               Enter Seconds: 3

       HALLO           0
       HALLO           0
       HALLO           0

       DTR>
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