delay in js

JavaScript
var delayInMilliseconds = 1000; //1 second

setTimeout(function() {
  //your code to be executed after 1 second
}, delayInMilliseconds);
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));function sleep(ms) {
  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

console.log("Hello");
sleep(2000).then(() => { console.log("World!"); });
var delayInMilliseconds = 1000; //1 second

setTimeout(function() {
  //your code to be executed after 1 second
}, delayInMilliseconds);    async function delay(delayInms) {
      return new Promise(resolve  => {
        setTimeout(() => {
          resolve(2);
        }, delayInms);
      });
    }
    async function sample() {
      console.log('a');
      console.log('waiting...')
      let delayres = await delay(3000);
      console.log('b');
    }
    sample();require 'net/http'
require 'json'

url = 'https://api.github.com/users/jameshibbard'
uri = URI(url)
response = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(uri))
puts response['public_repos']
puts "Hello!"

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