Not only will that lock up the current browser, in many browsers it will
lock up *every* browser window or tab. Plus, if someone is running on
battery power it will drain the battery needlessly.
As Richard said, setTimeout is the right solution:
doSomething();
setTimeout( function() {
doSomethingLater();
}, 5000 );
-Mike
> From: Joe
>
> // Similar to PHP's sleep function.
> function pause(numOfSeconds) {
>
> numOfSeconds *= 1000;
> var startTime = new Date().getTime();
> while (new Date().getTime() < startTime + numOfSeconds);
> return false;
> }
>
> // Let's pause for 5 seconds...
> pause(5);
> console.log('Awake Now');
>
> A simple way of doing it, but it will lock the browser...
>
> Cheers.
>
> Joe
>
> http://www.subprint.com
>
> On Dec 30, 10:23 am, bwdev <pel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have the following code and want to basically write
> something out,
> > let it sit for a while, and then write something else
> out...how do I
> > do the pause/wait?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > myURL="getSearchResults.php";
> > $.getJSON(myURL, function(data) {
> > for (var i=0; i < data.length; i++)
> >
> >
> > $("#searchResults").html(data[i]);
> > //I want to pause here....
> >
> > });
>
