//Implement sleep function
function sleep(milliseconds) {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds);
});
}
//How to use sleep function
async function delayedGreeting() {
console.log("Hello");
await sleep(2000); //2 Seconds
console.log("World!");
}
delayedGreeting();
//Javascipt is asyncronous so you can't pause/block code execution
//You can delay doing something with setTimeout
setTimeout(function(){
alert("Sup!");
}, 2000);//wait 2 seconds
function sleep(milliseconds) {
var start = new Date().getTime();
for (var i = 0; i < 1e7; i++) {
if ((new Date().getTime() - start) > milliseconds){
break;
}
}
}
//using sleep()
sleep(2000); //sleep for 2 seconds