[Javascript] Sleep / Delay function

[Rodney Myers]

function delay(gap){ /* gap is in millisecs */
var then,now; then=new Date().getTime();
now=then;
while((now-then)<gap)
{now=new Date().getTime();}
}//

I will leave to you to make the gap parameter seconds instead of millisecs !

hth

Rodney


Reuben D Budiardja wrote:

> Hi,
> Can anyone  tell me is there something like sleep or delay function in
> javascript with argument in second ? That is, I want the javascript to wait a
> few second before execute the next line of code. How can I do that?
>
> Second, what is the best place to get references for javascript function,
> syntax, object addressing, etc? I always have difficulties of finding
> reference on the net.
>
> Thanks.
> Reuben D. Budiardja
>
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