BASIC PAUSE Statement

PAUSE

TYPE: plusBASIC system statement

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FORMAT: PAUSE

Action: Suspends program execution until a key is pressed.

• The program continues with the statement following the PAUSE after the key is pressed.
• Break will occur if Ctrl-C is pressed.

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FORMAT: KEYWORD message

Action: As above, but prints the specified message before pausing.

• message is a string or string expression.

Example:

PAUSE "Press a key

Displays the message Press a key then waits for a key to be pressed.