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Sleep How Can I Make a Time Delay in Python
The time module in the Python standard library contains the function sleep() which suspends a program for a given number of seconds.
Example:
import time
for letter in 'hello, world!':
print(letter)
time.sleep(2) # sleep 2 seconds between each print
When using sleep, you can define the amount of time that the program is suspended using either an integer (a whole number) or a float (a number with decimal places), depending on the level of control you want over the time that the program sleeps. For example, time.sleep(10) would suspend a program for 10 seconds, while time.sleep(5.5) would suspend a program for five and a half seconds.
More Information
Time module documentation on the sleep function.