wait one sec to execute function to make a timer 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: javascript wait 5 seconds

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