A quick example of how to sleep the current thread in C++

cpp-sleep-example

#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <chrono>

using namespace std::literals::chrono_literals;

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
  std::cout << "Zzz... " << std::endl;
  std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
}