Description
wait
waits until an event occurs or times out
Usage
wait(x, ...)
# S3 method for default
wait(x, timeout, ...)
# S3 method for audioInstance
wait(x, timeout=NA, ...)
Arguments
- x
event to wait for
- timeout
longest period to wait for (in seconds, real number). A value of 0 causes wait
to just check for the event, values NA
and less than zero mean to wait indefinitely until the even occurs.
- ...
optional arguments passed to the method specific to the object being monitored
Details
The default method allows x
to specify the timeout, i.e., if timeout
is not specified and x
is numeric then the timeout is set to x
.
Examples
Run this code# \donttest{
# play a sound and wait until the playback is done
wait(play(sin(1:10000/20)))
# wait for 2.5 seconds unconditionally
wait(2.5)
# }
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