SetTimeout Seems To Return A Simple Integer As It's "id" Which Can Be Used To Clear The Timeout Ahead Of Time - Is Right / Legal
Oct 25, 2011
I've noticed that setTimeout seems to return a simple integer as it's "id" which can be used to clear the timeout ahead of time. So, in order to have multiple setTimeouts called (which requires the previous one to be cleared before the next one is called), I simply did this:
clearTimeout(setTimeout(function() {
/* some code */
}, 1000) -1);
Note the "-1"... each time this code is called, it starts a new setTimeout and clears "instance-1" which is supposed to be the previous instance. The idea is that this block can be called hundreds of times, and when the calling finally stops, the inner code is executed 1 second later. This SEEMS to be working (yes, even in MSIE!). Question is, am I fooling myself? Is this wrong?
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May 6, 2010
Does JavaScript have an easy of converting an ordinary integer like 135 into a time format like 02:15? I'm working on a timer that handles the backend with just a plain integer that counts down every second but it needs to output looking like a clock.
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I am creating a contact us form and i want at the completition of the form to add a unique number so the customer can contact us.
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Got a timing issue with sending a URI string out to a server side script right before a client side form validation process returns true..The problem is that the return true gets called to quickly for the submission of the URI string to be completed.So my question is, might there be a way to mix a return and a setTimeout?
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I'm troubleshooting some issues with menus closing and when I alert the return value from something like:
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Jul 20, 2005
I'm trying to move pictures around on the screen, with a slight delay
between the first picture and second picture (following onmousemove).
When I add the setTimeout function I must be doing it wrong because
the function that calculates the new coordinates for the picture
returns 32 million and change instead of the coordinate. This causes
the picture to not be able to appear on the display, obviously.
Here's the calling code (snipped for readability) that works without
setTimeout:
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Mar 28, 2006
What I want is an element with a shifting background image:
<html><head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var x = 0
var y = 0
inc = 4
function bgWander(el){
x = x + Math.round(2*inc*Math.random())-inc
y = y + Math.round(2*inc*Math.random())-inc
el.style.backgroundPosition = x + 'px ' + y + 'px'
setTimeout('bgWander(el)',200)
}
</script></head><body>
<a onLoad="bgWander(this)" href=""
style="background:url(images/bgbar.png)">Link</a>
</body></html>
Can you show me the error of my ways?
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I'm trying to graph line with a delay between each line drawn - my code is:
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jg.drawLine(40,130,80,120);
setTimeout('jg.paint()',10000);
jg.drawLine(80,120,120,110);
setTimeout('jg.paint()',10000);
Unfortunately it draws all the lines at the same time i.e the setTimeout function doesn't like the paint method.
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I'm new to JavaScript, and have been playing around with a few simple functions to get going. However, I've hit a problem that I just can't fix, I'm trying to write a simple function to animate the collapse of a div using setTimeout (I know, jQuery does it a lot better), and it's gotten the best of me. The only error it's giving me now is
Code: missing ; before statement on line 25 but I can't see why. I assume it's something to do with my abuse of the setTimeout syntax (why does it insist that everthing is enclosed in quotes.I'm sure there are much better scripts than mine, and searching the forum I've come across Vic Phillips' fine specimen which mostly went over my head. But if I just wanted it to work I'd use jQuery - I'm more interested in why it's not working.
code is below. In addition to this I've also got an external script to compensate for browsers without getElementsByClass, but it should work in modern browsers up to the point where it doesn't!
[Code]...
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Jul 20, 2005
First script, 'xxx.js' returns value 'document.write('integer');
So in HTML:
<script language='javascript' src='xxx.js'></script>
will write ie. 123 on my page in browser.
Can I get this integer or text 'document.write('integer')' to variable in
another script? So it would be something like this:
<script landuage='javascript>
a=<script ... src='xxx.js'></script>;
a*=20;
document.write(a);
</script> ...
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I am trying to learn how to do this one thing with JavaScript and can't seem to find anything on the internet. I have learned about loops and arrays and some other useful stuff. I've been looking for 2 days straight. I have gotten close though.
I am trying to have a textbox on the page and a button below it. A statement above the textbox should ask the user to enter a positive integer and then click the button. When the button is clicked the results from 0 to that number should appear below the button. Should look like this
please enter positive integer.
6
BUTTON1
1
2
3
4
5
6
I have been trying night and day for 2 days now and It's driving me insane.
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Jul 18, 2009
In other words, can I do this:
I'm asking because when I press "Get Schema" Dreamweaver gives me an "Expected entity name for reference(13,16). The "image" tag line is line 16.
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I want a script to receive a time in the 24 hour time format HH:mm (e.g. 18:30) and remove 15 minutes from it.The problem is that if the time inputted was 00:00, then how do I get to 23:45?
I'm sure it's easy if you're in the know.I can do this with PHP, but not with JS.I just need the function / basic line of code that does this. I can work out how to call it etc. myself.
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I wrote a little live clock in JS (using Steve Levithan's "date format" code) that formats the time display according to a format string. I then find all elements by classname and search for a classname of "clock" and write the clock string to the innerHTML of every element I find.But recently I added another "feature". Rather than hard code a format string, I instead pass it in ID. Example:
<span class="clock" id="hh:mm:mm tt"></span>
..and the JS:
var doClock = function () {
var now = new Date();
var e = getElementsByClassName('clock');
[code]...
Note that I am passing the clock FORMAT STRING by using the span's ID. It works great...
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May 24, 2010
I am trying to populate the javascript and want to return the value to the jsp page.. The function is like this.
function difference(startTime, endTime){
var starttime = document.getElementById(startTime).value;
var endtime = document.getElementById(endTime).value;
[code]....
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May 10, 2005
I am using a JS form validator that uses the following regex to test whether a string contains at least one unsigned int and one letter.
var reAlphanumeric = /^(?=.*[0-9]+.*)(?=.*[a-zA-Z]+.*)([0-9a-zA-Z])+$/;
function checkAlphaNum( theField ) {
if ( isWhitespace( theField.value ) || !reAlphanumeric.test( theField.value ) ) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}}
Since IE5 doesn't support look ahead expressions, I am using the following function to get the same result in IE5.
var reUnsignedInteger = /^[+]?[0-9]+$/;
var reAlphabetic = /^[a-zA-Z]+$/;
function IE_AlphaNum( s ) {
var isInt = false;
var isLet = false;
var isOp = false;
var len;
var setStr = strArray( s );
for ( var i = 0; i < setStr.length; i++ ) {
if ( reAlphabetic.test( setStr[i] ) ) {
isLet = true;
break;
}
}
for ( var i = 0; i < setStr.length; i++ ) {
if ( reUnsignedInteger.test( setStr[i] ) ) {
isInt = true;
break;
}
}
for ( var i = 0; i < setStr.length; i++ ) {
if ( !reAlphabetic.test( setStr[i] ) && !reUnsignedInteger.test( setStr[i] ) ) {
isOp = true;
break;
}
}
if ( isInt && isLet && !isOp )
return true;
else
return false;
}
Can a regex be used that will satisify the one int/one letter rule that will work in IE5 or if not, can the above function be refactored w/o having to interate through the string array each time? Neither method works in Opera 6. Also, is there any condition except for validating perhaps a password where such a rule would be needed?
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Here's some code for reference:
The function that will return the response I'm trying to collect:
The ajax code:
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I have two fields
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What I need when I select a date in in_date field I have to get 1 year from now in out_date. For example if in in_date I select "11/19/2010" I have to get out_date as 11/20/2011 I tried like
[Code]...
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Auto-complete type-ahead for 2 fields?
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I am using the Keith Wood version of the datepicker : [url]
This is the code I am currently using for four days:
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Jul 12, 2010
I have the following function that's supposed to say "Please make a guess" 20 seconds after an initial confirmation is displayed. However, it's immediately displayed as soon as someone hits "Cancel". If I change it's time to 40000 (20 seconds after the initial function is called), it does do it 40 seconds total, so it kind of does what I want. So it seems that the second setTimeout is initiated from the time the script is called generally, but I'm looking for a way specifically to have the 20 seconds start only after the "cancel" button is hit.
[code]...
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Dec 20, 2005
I use an HttpRequest in my web application to launch an heavy
computation server side. The result is then send back to the browser.
The problem I got is that when the computation took too much time, then
I never get the result. I have to reload the page to get it.
I assume it's because my socket connection has time out, but my event
listener does not seems to get any event. Maybe I miss something:
function xmlhttpChange()
{
// looking fo a xmlhttp "loaded"
for (var i in nodeId2xmlHttp) {
if ((nodeId2xmlHttp[i] != null) && nodeId2xmlHttp[i].readyState ==
4) {
if (nodeId2xmlHttp[i].status==200) {
nodeId2xmlHttp[i] = null;
} else {
alert("Problem retrieving XML data (nodeId: " + i + ")");
nodeId2xmlHttp[i] = null;
}
}
}
}
My question is : how to handle XMLHttpRequest timeout. Any pointers?
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I'm trying to decrease my numeric variable in random increments from 0-4 every 5 seconds until this variable reaches 0. Basically it's a countdown, but has a random increment each count. Here's my code:
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Jun 3, 2010
All is on the title, sorry for my english, i'm french :) I have an html page with style
<style>
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margin-right:auto;
width:250px;
}
</style>
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