Preserved Topic: Does JavaScript sleep ?

I wonder of JavaScript have a function like Win32's API sleep() or PHP's sleep() or Old TP' Delay() ?

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
var _secs, _max, _abort = false;

function _inc_secs()
{
if (_secs < _max)
setTimeout('_inc_secs()', 1000);
else
_abort = true;
_secs++;
status = _secs;
}

function _delay(secs)
{
_secs = 0;
_abort = false;
_max = secs / 1000;
while (!_abort) ;
_inc_secs();
}

_delay(5000);
alert('returned from a 5 secs delay');

//-->
</script>
This didn't work at all!
It seems that the 'while (!_abort)' line is beeing executed 100000 times a sec...before even one second elapse in the setTimeout().

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JavaScript is event driven. Use setTimeout if you want a delay.

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I'm wondering what you need to do that just using setTimeout() or setInterval() won't do? They allow you to define a function that for all intents and purposes, sleeps. Maybe I'm missing something?

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Anyway, I want a Sleep() like function to run my code in a straight way and not completly event driven.

ie:
line1:
2:
3:sleep(5000); // wait n secs and proceed to next lines
4:
5:

so basically to have a straight code flow.

That's setTimeout

usage

variable = setTimeout('code to execute usually a function', 'time in milleseconds');

You don't need to name the function but it allows you to clear a Timeout if need be




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