How to add a delay for a 2 or 3 seconds

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Mulder picture Mulder · Mar 27, 2011 · Viewed 536.4k times · Source

How can I add a delay to a program in C#?

Answer

digEmAll picture digEmAll · Mar 27, 2011

You could use Thread.Sleep() function, e.g.

int milliseconds = 2000;
Thread.Sleep(milliseconds);

that completely stops the execution of the current thread for 2 seconds.

Probably the most appropriate scenario for Thread.Sleep is when you want to delay the operations in another thread, different from the main e.g. :

 MAIN THREAD        --------------------------------------------------------->
 (UI, CONSOLE ETC.)      |                                      |
                         |                                      |
 OTHER THREAD            ----- ADD A DELAY (Thread.Sleep) ------>

For other scenarios (e.g. starting operations after some time etc.) check Cody's answer.

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