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35 lines
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# Pause
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Pause the program for the number of milliseconds you say.
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You can use this function to slow your program down.
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```sig
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basic.pause(400)
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```
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### Parameters
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* ``ms`` is the number of milliseconds that you want to pause (100 milliseconds = 1/10 second, and 1000 milliseconds = 1 second).
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### Example: diagonal line
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This example draws a diagonal line by turning on LED `0, 0` (top left) through LED `4, 4` (bottom right).
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The program pauses 500 milliseconds after turning on each LED.
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Without `pause`, the program would run so fast that you would not have time to see each LED turning on.
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```blocks
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for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
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led.plot(i, i)
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basic.pause(500)
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}
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```
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### Lessons
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[blink](/lessons/blink), [lucky 7](/lessons/lucky-7), [smiley](/lessons/smiley), [flashing heart](/lessons/flashing-heart)
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### See also
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[while](/reference/loops/while), [running time](/reference/input/running-time), [for](/reference/loops/for)
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