How to make a Python Program Pause for X seconds

You can pause a Python Program for X seconds using the sleep() function from he time module.

Example 1:

import time

print("Gonna pause for 5 seconds...")
time.sleep(5)
print("Program completed.")

Let's see the execution of this program in action using a gif demo.

As you can see the program waited/paused for the execution of the next line to time.sleep(5) for 5 seconds.

Example 2:

Not let's see an example with a for a loop.

import time

print("Countdown of 10 seconds:")
for x in range(10, 0, -1):
  time.sleep(1)
  print(x)
print("Countdown complete!") 

Countdown of 10 seconds:
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Countdown complete!