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Causes PR I N T t o w ait a bout 1 seco nd . 10 WAIT 59
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In n or m al execution, the COMPUTER ha l t s execution after a PRINT co mm a n d u nti l
the I ENTER I key is p ressed. The W AIT c ommand c a u ses the COMPUTER to display f or
a specified interval and then p r oceed automaticall y ( sim il a r t o the PAUSE v e rb) . T he
expression whic h follow s t he WA I T ve r b de t erm in es t he length o f t he in terval. T he
interval may be set to any v a lu e fro m 0 t o 65535 . E a ch incr e m en t is abo ut o n e fifty- n i n th
of a second . WAIT 0 i s too fas t to b e r ead reas o nab ly; WA I T 65 535 i s ab ou t 19
m i nu t e s. WA IT w i th no fo ll owing e xp re s s i on re se t s t he COMP U TER to th e o r i ginal
condit ion o f waiting unt i l the I EN TER I ke y i s pres se d .
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T h e W AIT v erb is us e d to c o ntro l the le ngth of time t ha t di s p l ay e d i nformation is shown
before progr am e x e cut i on co nti n ue s.
Abbreviations : W ., WA. , WA I.
See also : PR I N T
1 WAIT expression
2WAIT
Verbs
WAIT