How does setTimeout work in Node.JS?

Question

I guess that once it\'s executed it\'s on the queue, but in the queue is there any assurance it will invoke exactly after X milliseconds? Or will other heavy tasks higher on

Answer 1

setTimeout is a kind of Thread, it holds a operation for a given time and execute.

setTimeout(function,time_in_mills);

in here the first argument should be a function type; as an example if you want to print your name after 3 seconds, your code should be something like below.

setTimeout(function(){console.log('your name')},3000);

Key point to remember is, what ever you want to do by using the setTimeout method, do it inside a function. If you want to call some other method by parsing some parameters, your code should look like below:

setTimeout(function(){yourOtherMethod(parameter);},3000);