set timer js code example

Example 1: javascript settimeout

setTimeout(function(){
 	alert("Sup!"); 
}, 2000);//wait 2 seconds

Example 2: 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 3: set timer

const prompt = require('prompt-sync')();
//You gotta download prompt-sync by doing npm i prompt-sync
var time = prompt("Give time in seconds: ")
time = parseInt(time)
setInterval(function(){
    console.log(time)
    if(time = 0){
        console.log("Time over")
    }
    else{
    time = time - 1}
}, 1000);