\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{\seqsplit{std::chrono::steady\_clock::now()}}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{auto now = \seqsplit{std::chrono::steady\_clock::now();} // e.g. t=1'052'348'281 ns} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{Returns the current time as a time\_point from a monotonically increasing clock — it never goes backwards, even if the system clock is adjusted. Used to measure elapsed time and set deadlines.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{std::chrono::time\_point}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{std::chrono::time\_point\textless{}std::chrono::steady\_clock\textgreater{} tp = \seqsplit{std::chrono::steady\_clock::now();}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{Represents a specific point in time relative to a clock's epoch. You rarely construct one directly — you typically get one back from now() and subtract two of them to get a duration.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{17.67cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{std::chrono::seconds}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{std::chrono::seconds timeout = \seqsplit{std::chrono::seconds(30);} // timeout.count() == 30 \newline \newline // Extracts the raw numeric value from a duration. Necessary because chrono deliberately hides the number to prevent accidental unit mismatches — you have to opt in to get it. \newline .count()} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{17.67cm}}{A duration type representing a number of seconds. It is a convenient alias for std::chrono::duration\textless{}long long\textgreater{}. Call .count() on it to get the raw integer value out.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \end{document}