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# Sleep

The procedure **Sleep** pauses program execution for the specified number of milliseconds.

A **Cardinal** data type simple means that it is an *unsigned* integer, because it does not carry a positive (+) or negative (-) assignment.

::: warning
Note that by specifying a negative value for milliseconds, this will cause your script to **sleep** indefinitely - like Snow White.
:::

**Declaration**: Procedure Sleep(Milliseconds: cardinal);

A simple example would be as follows.

```pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
var stopper : cardinal;
begin
  LogInfo('This is the start of the script.');
  LogInfo('Just going to take 40 winks . . . ');
 //Pauses program execution for 5,000 milliseconds (i.e. 5 seconds)
  Sleep(5000);
  LogInfo('Just time enough to grab a coffee.');

  stopper := 8000;
 //Pauses program execution for 8,000 milliseconds (i.e. 8 seconds)
  Sleep(stopper);
  LogInfo(' . . . if you were quick!');
  LogInfo('');
end;
```