wait before executing javascript code example

Example 1: how to wait in javascript

function pause(ms) {
  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

//Pause for 1000 milliseconds

pause(1000)

Example 2: js timer wait before functoin

//code before the pause
setTimeout(function(){
    //do what you need here
}, 2000);

Example 3: javascript wait 5 seconds

timeout(ms) { //pass a time in milliseconds to this function
    return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
  }