javascript sleep seconds code example

Example 1: node sleep

// one liner
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 5000));

// or re-usable `sleep` function:
async function init() {
  console.log(1);
  await sleep(1000);
  console.log(2);
}

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

Example 2: javascript sleep

function sleep(milliseconds) {
  const date = Date.now();
  let currentDate = null;
  do {
    currentDate = Date.now();
  } while (currentDate - date < milliseconds);
}

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

Example 3: wait javascript

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

Example 4: javascript sleep settimeout

setTimeout(() => {  console.log("World!"); }, 2000);

Example 5: javascript wait 5 seconds

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