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Javascript - Sleep

07.06.2006

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        // Effettuare uno sleep dello script di uno script

function pause(millisecondi)
{
    var now = new Date();
    var exitTime = now.getTime() + millisecondi;

    while(true)
    {
        now = new Date();
        if(now.getTime() > exitTime) return;
    }
}

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Snippets Manager replied on Mon, 2012/05/07 - 2:25pm

Horrible approach =/

Snippets Manager replied on Fri, 2006/07/07 - 11:59pm

This code must not be used, it is a bad practice. It is completly freezing the client and as a result, you can't correctly manage events in same time. The only way is to use a timeout.