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SAS programming: call routine sleep

%let t0     = %sysfunc(datetime());
           /* Take a nap for a little more than three seconds: */
%let rc     = %sysfunc(sleep(3.14156, 1));
%put rc     = &rc;
%let t1     = %sysfunc(datetime());

%let t_diff = %sysevalf(&t1 - &t0);

%put Slept %sysfunc(putn(&t_diff, time13.4)); /* Slept  0:00:03.1449 */

Github repository about-SAS, path: /programming/call-routines/sleep.sas

SAS programming: call routine sleep

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