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after

Elapsed time since beginning of test step

Description

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after(n,timeunits) returns true if the amount of time (n) in timeunits has elapsed since the beginning of the current test step. You must include the timeunits.

Valid time units are:

  • sec — seconds

  • msec — milliseconds

  • usec — microseconds

Examples

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Specify 20 seconds as the time that has elapsed since the beginning of the test step. This statement returns true only after 20 seconds has passed.

after(20,sec)

Tips

after statements can be used in the Test Sequence and Test Assessment blocks and in Stateflow® charts.

Version History

Introduced in R2015a