Syntax of time sleep()
Syntax : sleep(sec)
Parameters :
- sec : Number of seconds for which the code is required to be stopped.
Returns : VOID.
Sometimes, there is a need to halt the flow of the program so that several other executions can take place or simply due to the utility required. sleep() can come in handy in such a situation which provides an accurate and flexible way to halt the flow of code for any period of time. This function discusses the insight of this function.
Example 1: Creating a Time Delay in seconds
The start time and end time will be printed with 6 seconds delay.
Python3
import time# printing the start timeprint("The time of code execution begin is : ", time.ctime())# using sleep() to hault the code executiontime.sleep(6)# printing the end timeprint("The time of code execution end is : ", time.ctime()) |
Output:
The time of code execution begin is : Mon Apr 9 20:57:10 2018 The time of code execution end is : Mon Apr 9 20:57:16 2018
Example 2: Creating a Time Delay in minutes
The list will be displayed after the delay of 3 minutes
Python3
import time# creating and Initializing a listLanguages = ['Java', 'C++', 'Python', 'Javascript', 'C#', 'C', 'Kotlin']# creating a time delay of 3 minutestime.sleep(3 * 60)print(Languages) |
Output:
After the delay of 3 minutes, the list will be displayed as:
['Java', 'C++', 'Python', 'Javascript', 'C#', 'C', 'Kotlin']
time.sleep() in Python
Python time sleep() function suspends execution for the given number of seconds.