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

int main()
{
    using namespace std::chrono;

    steady_clock::time_point t1 = steady_clock::now();

    for(int i = 0; i < 1000000000; i++)
    {
        std::string a("");
    }

    steady_clock::time_point t2 = steady_clock::now();
    duration<double> time_span = duration_cast<duration<double>>(t2 - t1);
    std::cout << "The operations took " << time_span.count() << " seconds." << std::endl;

    return 0;
}