How do I get my python program to sleep for 50 msec?

Question

See title .. !

Answer 1

import time
time.sleep (50.0 / 1000.0);

Answer 2

A quick look at google tells me: time.sleep -

http://docs.python.org/library/time.html

Answer 3

Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52)
[GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] on linux2
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>>> from time import sleep
>>> sleep(0.05)
>>>

Answer 4

Note that if you rely on sleep taking exactly 50ms, you won't get that. It will just be about it.