pythonfunctionsleep

Is there a way to stall a python command until previous has finished?

I have a python function:

def a_function():
     #do something

It takes a while to finish, How do I stop the next command in the while true loop from running until it finishes?

import time 
def a_function():
     #do something
while True:
   a_function()
   time.sleep(5)

Currently It just starts the function and starts the timer so the timer finishes before the function messing up my schedule for the function.

Solution

  • Python by default is single-threaded, and everything executes in order.

    print("Hello")
time.sleep(1)
print("World")

    'Hello' will print, then a second later 'World' will print. What I was describing just can't happen, I was probably misinterpreting the issue.