Sleep in JavaScript - delay between actions

Question

Is there a way I can do a sleep in JavaScript before it carries out another action?

Example:

 var a = 1+3;
 // Sleep 3 seconds before the next action         


        

Answer 1

Here's a very simple way to do it that 'feels' like a synchronous sleep/pause, but is legit js async code.

// Create a simple pause function
const pause = (timeoutMsec) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve,timeoutMsec))

async function main () {
    console.log('starting');
    // Call with await to pause.  Note that the main function is declared asyc
    await pause(3*1000)
    console.log('done');
}