How to use setInterval function within for loop

So, a few things:

  1. Most importantly, the callback function you've passed to setInterval() maintains a reference to x rather than the snapshot value of x as it existed during each particular iteration. So, as x is changed in the loop, it's updated within each of the callback functions as well.
  2. Additionally, for...in is used to enumerate object properties and can behave unexpectedly when used on arrays.
  3. What's more, I suspect you really want setTimeout() rather than setInterval().

You can pass arguments to your callback function by supplying additional arguments to setTimout():

var timeoutID = window.setTimeout(func, delay, [param1, param2, ...]);

Numbers will be passed by value rather than reference. Here's an example:

var list = [1,2,3,4];

for (var x = 0, ln = list.length; x < ln; x++) {
  setTimeout(function(y) {    
    console.log("%d => %d", y, list[y] += 10);
  }, x * 500, x); // we're passing x
}

You don't have to use a for cycle with the setInterval statement. Try this:

var list = Array(...);
var x = 0;

setInterval(function() {

    if (x < list.length;) {
        list[x] += 10;
        console.log(x+"=>"+list[x]);
    }

    else return;

    x++;
}, 5000);

var list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

for (var i = 0, len = list.length; i < len; i += 1) {
    (function(i) {
        setInterval(function() {
            list[i] += 10;
            console.log(i + "=>" + list[i] + "\n");
        }, 5000)
    })(i);
}

Here is the working code:

var list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

for (var i = 0, len = list.length; i < len; i += 1) {
    (function(i) {
        setInterval(function() {
            list[i] += 10;
            console.log(i + "=>" + list[i] + "\n");
        }, 5000)
    })(i);
}

Here the index i is stored in an anonymous function, so that it is not overwritten by consecutive loops. setInterval function in your code keeps the reference only to the last value of i.


You can combine forEach and setTimeout to loop over the array with the interval.

let modes = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
let interval = 1000; //one second
modes.forEach((mode, index) => {

  setTimeout(() => {
    console.log(mode)
  }, index * interval)
})