code to display a text for few seconds in javascript by creating a paragraph element code example

Example: how to set timeout for a div tag in html

<script>
  const timeout = document.getElementsByClassName('classname')
  setTimeout(hideElement, 1000) //milliseconds until timeout//
  function hideElement() {
    timeout.style.display = 'none'
</script>
<div class="classname">
  <span> &times; </span>