How work with "sleep" command in Eviews?

[dauren]

Hello!
I would like to use the "sleep" command in Eviews.
For example, look at the the following code:

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!sleeptime = 0.1 tic sleep(sleeptime) scalar elapsed_t = @toc toc

where elapsed_t = 5, i.e. 5 seconds.
The following code gives similar result:

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!sleeptime = 10000 tic sleep(sleeptime) scalar elapsed_t = @toc toc

Why?

[EViews Gareth]

As per the Command Reference, the syntax for the sleep command is:

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sleep !n

Where !n is the number of milliseconds you wish EViews to pause for.

[dauren]

Thanks a lot, it works. But I used to read "Help" (Eviews 7 Help), where the syntax for the sleep command is:

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sleep(n)