Sleep in JavaScript delay between actions?
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sleep-in-javascript-delay-between-actions
-
10-09-2020 - |
Question
Sleep in JavaScript delay between actions?
To set sleep i.e. delay, use the concept of setTimeout(). It takes values in milliseconds i.e.
1000 milliseconds = 1 second 2000 milliseconds = 2 seconds, etc.
For our example, we will add two values with a delay of 5 seconds i.e. 5000 milliseconds. Following is the code −
Example
var firstValue=10; var secondValue=20; var result=firstValue+secondValue; setTimeout(function() { }, (5 * 1000)); console.log("The result="+result);
The above setTimeout() will sleep for 5 seconds. To run the above program, you need to use the following command −
node fileName.js.
Here, my file name is demo95.js.
Output
This will produce the following output −
PS C:\Users\Amit\JavaScript-code> node demo95.js The result=30
Advertisements
Not affiliated with Tutorialspoint