How to make a C# program sleep for x milliseconds?

To make a C# program sleep for x milliseconds, use the Thread.Sleep() method.

To set it for 1000 milliseconds −

Thread.Sleep(1000);

The following is the code showing how to set a counter for the thread and set it to sleep for 1000 milliseconds on every iteration of for loop −

Example

 Live Demo

using System;
using System.Threading;

namespace MultithreadingApplication {
   public class ThreadCreationProgram {
      public static void CallToChildThread() {
         try {
            Console.WriteLine("Child thread starts");

            for (int counter = 0; counter <= 10; counter++) {
               Thread.Sleep(1000);
               Console.WriteLine(counter);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Child Thread Completed");
         } catch (ThreadAbortException e) {
            Console.WriteLine("Thread Abort Exception");
         } finally {
            Console.WriteLine("Couldn't catch the Thread Exception");
         }
      }
      public static void Main(string[] args) {
         ThreadStart childref = new ThreadStart(CallToChildThread);
         Console.WriteLine("In Main: Creating the Child thread");

         Thread childThread = new Thread(childref);
         childThread.Start();

         //stop the main thread for some time
         Thread.Sleep(5000);
      }
   }
}

Output

In Main: Creating the Child thread
Child thread starts
0
1
2
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