delay function javascript await code example

Example 1: javascript sleep function

//Implement sleep function
function sleep(milliseconds) {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    setTimeout(resolve, milliseconds);
  });
}

//How to use sleep function
async function delayedGreeting() {
  console.log("Hello");
  
  await sleep(2000); //2 Seconds
  
  console.log("World!");
}

delayedGreeting();

Example 2: sleeping in js

function sleep(milliseconds) {
  var start = new Date().getTime();
  for (var i = 0; i < 1e7; i++) {
    if ((new Date().getTime() - start) > milliseconds){
      break;
    }
  }
}

//using sleep()
sleep(2000); //sleep for 2 seconds