[removed] setTimeout doesn't pause the loop

Question

I need to make some delays in my loop, every time after some amount of data (after a few cycles/iterations through my loop) is sent to the server.

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Answer 1

You are continuously spawning multiple calls to process() immediately in the while and then telling process to wait 5 seconds before that callback happens.

// Run this loop over and over again
while (true) {
    // Create a function called process that process data
    var process = (function () {
        // Do something with data
        console.log("Something");
        // Wait a few seconds and do it again
        setTimeout(process, 5000);
    // This () right here says call process right now
    }());
}