setTimeout - Pass variable as time

Question

I have a setTimeout, and I want to be able to use a variable as the timer:

var that = this;
var time = this.spawnTime;

setTimeout( function(time){ 
    that.SpawnCounter();
}, time);

This doesn't seem to do the trick. Any ideas why?

Thanks

What doesn't work? What does `this.spawnTime` look like? – Blender Mar 21 '13 at 23:03 — Blender, Mar 21 '13 at 23:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '13 at 22:59

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var that = this;
var time = 1000;

setTimeout( function(time){ 
    that.SpawnCounter();
}, time);

The code above should work. Maybe the problem is that this.spawnTime is not numeric or invaild.

answered Mar 21 '13 at 22:59

HasanAboShally

Ah yeah - I was being a fool! My time was '30' ... as in 30 seconds, course, 30 seconds is 3000 as its in milliseconds :/. Cheers! – Oliver Jones Mar 21 '13 at 23:13
it seems u keep forgetting zeros ;p .. 30 seconds is 30000 milliseconds ;) hhh – HasanAboShally Mar 24 '13 at 15:22
You also can bind a scope to a method. – Markus Zeller May 29 '19 at 19:23

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