JavaScript Window method: setTimeout()
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The setTimeout() method (when applied to Window
objects in the JavaScript
BOM) calls a function
or evaluates expression (once) after a specified interval (in milliseconds).
It
has the following syntax with the following parameters. It returns an id
value (number) which is then used as the parameter for the clearTimeout()
method.
Note: use the setInterval
() method to execute the function repeatedly.
window.setTimeout(function,
milliseconds, param1, param2, …)
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Parameter
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Required / Optional
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Description
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function
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Required
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Function to be
evaluated
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milliseconds
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Required
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Interval (in
milliseconds) between consecutive executions (if less than 10 then defaulted
to 10)
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param1, param2, …
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Optional
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Additional parameters
passed to function
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