(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_Delay

Wait a specified number of milliseconds before returning.

Header File

Defined in SDL_timer.h

Syntax

void SDL_Delay(Uint32 ms);

Function Parameters

ms the number of milliseconds to delay

Remarks

This function waits a specified number of milliseconds before returning. It waits at least the specified time, but possibly longer due to OS scheduling.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryTimer