using setTimeout synchronously in JavaScript

Question

I have the following scenario:

setTimeout(\"alert(\'this alert is timedout and should be the first\');\", 5000);
alert(\"this should be the second one\");
         


        

Answer 1

Just put it inside the callback:

setTimeout(function() {
    alert('this alert is timedout and should be the first');
    alert('this should be the second one');
}, 5000);