Passing a string makes setTimeout() or setInterval() use a functionality similar to eval() that executes strings as scripts, making arbitrary and potentially harmful script execution possible.

setTimeout(playNote(currentaudio.id,noteTime), delay); calls the function playNote all at the same time? (these setTimeout ()s are in a for loop) or, if my explanation is too hard to read, what is …

Nov 23, 2019 · To prevent this behavior, the best way is to run setTimeout inside setTimeout to emulate setInterval. To correct timeouts between setTimeout calls, you can use self-correcting …

May 29, 2017 · The browser has at least three threads: Javascript engine thread, UI thread, and timing thread, where the timing of setTimeout and setInterval are done by the timing thread. …

Oct 23, 2015 · 60 setTimeout is not an async function, so you can't use it with ES7 async-await. But you could implement your sleep function using ES6 Promise:

Aug 24, 2008 · Is there any JavaScript method similar to the jQuery delay() or wait() (to delay the execution of a script for a specific amount of time)?

setTimeout(yourFunctionReference, 4000, param1, param2, paramN); setTimeout will pass all extra parameters to your function so they can be processed there. The anonymous function …

Apr 23, 2009 · setTimeout(callback, 0) Invoking setTimeout with a callback, and zero as the second argument will schedule the callback to be run asynchronously, after the shortest …

Actually setTimeOut () function is an asynchronous function and when you pass a function as one of the parameter to the setTimeOut () function, your script actually does not want to waste your …

Jan 25, 2010 · var timeoutID = window.setTimeout(function (self) { console.log(self); }, 500, this); This is better in terms of performance than a scope lookup (caching this into a variable outside …