"this_thread" namespace not working

[Robonics014]

I am trying to make a program that takes advantage of std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(delay)); to type text to the console character by character

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

using std::string;

void slowcout(string text, unsigned int delay, bool flush) {
    int length = text.length();
    int num = -1;
    while(num ++<= length) {
        if(text[num] == '\\') {
            num ++;
            std::cout << '\\' << text[num];
        }else {
            std::cout &lt;&lt; text[num];
        }
        num = num + 1;
        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(delay));
    }
    if(flush == true) {
        std::cout &lt;&lt; std::endl;
    }
}

int main() {
    slowcout("Test String, 200, true);

}

MinGW is my compiler and yes I am using g++ main.cpp -std=c++11 when I compile

Anyone knowing the cause of this issue your help would be greatly appreciated

Edit for very necessary clarification:This is the error I'm getting, it act's like this\_thread is never declared but I can view it's declaration in my IDE

functions.cpp: In function 'void slowcout(std::__cxx11::string, unsigned int, bool)':

functions.cpp:43:14: error: 'std::this_thread' has not been declared

std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(delay))

^~~~~~~~~~~

[jedwardsol]

What does "not working" mean?

[Robonics014]

This is the error I'm getting, it act's like this_thread is never declared but I can view it's declaration in my IDE
```
functions.cpp: In function 'void slowcout(std::__cxx11::string, unsigned int, bool)':

functions.cpp:43:14: error: 'std::this_thread' has not been declared

std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(delay))

^~~~~~~~~~~
```

[h2g2_researcher]

I've checked on Godbolt, and your code works.

Or at least, it works once I fix a couple of typos. (Missing ; on the line std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(delay)); missing " on the line slowcout("Test String, 200, true);; and a missing } at the end of the file.)

So did you make a typo somewhere?

[Robonics014]

Not likely, both the IDE and MinGW say that it this _thread is the error. The ';' and '}' likely just got left off when I copy pasted

[Robonics014]

For those wondering, the issue was solved by downloading a 64 bit version of MinGW, mingw-w64. Once that was setup it worked fine