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## Stepper: step(steps)

#### Description

Turns the motor a specific number of steps, at a speed determined by the most recent call to setSpeed(). This function is blocking; that is, it will wait until the motor has finished moving to pass control to the next line in your sketch. For example, if you set the speed to, say, 1 RPM and called step(100) on a 100-step motor, this function would take a full minute to run. For better control, keep the speed high and only go a few steps with each call to step().

#### Parameters

steps: the number of steps to turn the motor - positive to turn one direction, negative to turn the other (int)

#### Returns

None

#### See also

- Stepper(steps, pin1, pin2)
- Stepper(steps, pin1, pin2, pin3, pin4)
- setSpeed(rpm)

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