Javascript Tip #5 - Sleep

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/* Sleep function */
async function sleep(ms) {
  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

/* Example */
async function takeNap() {
  console.log("Let me take a sleep 😴");

  await sleep(2000); // Sleep for 2 secs. Don't miss the `await` keyword!

  console.log("I'm awake!");
}

takeNap();

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