delay.md

title	type	tags	cover	dateModified
Delayed function execution	snippet	function	succulent-10	2020-11-02 19:27:53 +0200

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