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Is there a way to get my program to wait for a certain amount of time that doesn't have the problem SLEEP does whereby if you push any key it skips the wait?

I thought about using TIMER but I was wandering if there were any other alternatives?

Edit: forget it I didn't realise there were any other parameters for "SLEEP"

I only recommend SLEEP if you want the user to be able to get out of it by pressing a key. If not, use this DELAY sub.
I added the Midnight Fix because moneo reminded me about it in an earlier topic.

Patz QuickBASIC Creations wrote:I only recommend SLEEP if you want the user to be able to get out of it by pressing a key. If not, use this DELAY sub.

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SUB Delay (sec!)
LET stoptime! = TIMER + sec!     'sec! is the amount of delay in seconds
WHILE TIMER <> stoptime!
IF stoptime! > 86400 THEN stoptime! = stoptime! - 86400   'Midnight fix.
WEND
END SUB

I added the Midnight Fix because moneo reminded me about it in an earlier topic.

He's using freebasic.. sleep delayms, 1