Robse
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setTimeout in class function
Why is the timeout only executed once?
function test()
{
var tickCounter = 0;
this.tick = function()
{
tickCounter++;
alert(tickCounter);
setTimeout(this.tick, 1000);
}
}
in index.htm:
var t = new test();
t.tick()
navigator says "useless Timeout" and IEX says "invalid argument"
So what do I need to do to fix it?
function test()
{
var tickCounter = 0;
this.tick = function()
{
tickCounter++;
alert(tickCounter);
setTimeout(this.tick, 1000);
}
}
in index.htm:
var t = new test();
t.tick()
navigator says "useless Timeout" and IEX says "invalid argument"
So what do I need to do to fix it?
You setTimeout function take string (name of a funcion), not a function object.
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try to add parenthesis to the function,
setTimeout(this.tick(), 1000);
setTimeout(this.tick(), 1000);
Try in your browser before recommending infinite loops ;-)
yep. now i'm using task manager to end the process... ;-) my bad.
ASKER
lol third yeah I tried that too :)
Thanks Zvonko for your explanation and good solution!
Robse
Thanks Zvonko for your explanation and good solution!
Robse
setTimeout('tick', this, 1000);
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