using setTimeout synchronously in JavaScript
javascript, settimeout
Solution
Is the code contained in a function?
function test() {
setTimeout(...);
// code that you cannot modify?
}
In that case, you could prevent the function from further execution, and then run it again:
function test(flag) {
if(!flag) {
setTimeout(function() {
alert();
test(true);
}, 5000);
return;
}
// code that you cannot modify
}
Problem
I have the following scenario: ``` setTimeout("alert('this alert is timedout and should be the first');", 5000); alert("this should be the second one"); ``` I need the code after the `setTimeout` to be executed after the code in the setTimeout is executed. Since the code that comes after the `setTimeout` is not code of my own I can't put it in the function called in the setTimeout... Is there any way around this?