30-seconds-of-code/snippets/python/s/delay.md

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Delayed function execution	snippet	python	function	succulent-10	2020-11-02T19:27:53+02:00

Invokes the provided function after ms milliseconds.

• Use time.sleep() to delay the execution of fn by ms / 1000 seconds.

from time import sleep

def delay(fn, ms, *args):
  sleep(ms / 1000)
  return fn(*args)

delay(lambda x: print(x), 1000, 'later') # prints 'later' after one second