timing function in javascript code example
Example 1: javascript settimeout
setTimeout(function(){
alert("Sup!");
}, 2000);//wait 2 seconds
Example 2: settimeout javascript
setTimeout(function(){
console.log("hello");
}, 3000); //wait for atleast 3 seconds before console logging
Example 3: 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 4: javascipt delay
function sleep(ms) {
return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}
console.log("Hello");
sleep(2000).then(() => { console.log("World!"); });
Example 5: timing code in javascript
var output = "";
// Start timing now
console.time("concatenation");
for (var i = 1; i <= 1e6; i++) {
output += i;
}
// ... and stop.
console.timeEnd("concatenation");