# Display sprites in sequence

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Tags:** homework\
**Created:** [September 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/display-sprites-in-sequence/39016 "2022-09-30T17:26:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/display-sprites-in-sequence/39016/4 "2022-10-01T04:24:23Z")

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Hello @dmlong,

This is a very common timer.

Some examples:

- [http://learningprocessing.com/examples/chp10/example-10-04-timer](http://learningprocessing.com/examples/chp10/example-10-04-timer)
- [https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-assistance-with-timing-millis/18854/4](https://discourse.processing.org/t/need-assistance-with-timing-millis/18854/4)

Reference:

> **[Reference](https://processing.org/reference/millis_.html)**
>
> Returns the number of milliseconds (thousandths of a second) since starting an applet. This information is often used for timing animation sequences.

`:)`

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