js timer code example

Example 1: timeout javascript

setTimeout(function(){
 	//code goes here
}, 2000); //Time before execution

Example 2: javascript set delay

var delayInMilliseconds = 1000; //1 second

setTimeout(function() {
  //your code to be executed after 1 second
}, delayInMilliseconds);

Example 3: how to wait in javascript

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

//Pause for 1000 milliseconds

pause(1000)

Example 4: js wait for time

function sleep(milliseconds) {
  const start = Date.now();
  while (Date.now() - start < milliseconds);
}

console.log("Hello");
sleep(2000);
console.log("World!");

Example 5: timer in javascript

//single event i.e. alarm, time in milliseconds
var timeout = setTimeout(function(){yourFunction()},10000);
//repeated events, gap in milliseconds
var interval = setInterval(function(){yourFunction()},1000);

Example 6: javascipt delay

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

console.log("Hello");
sleep(2000).then(() => { console.log("World!"); });