Call a Javascript function every 5 seconds continuously

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Possible Duplicate    Calling a function every 60 seconds      I want to Call a Javascript function every 5 seconds continuously   I have seen the setTimeOut event  Will it be working fine if I want it continuously

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Do a  recursive  setTimeout of your function  and it will keep being executed every amount of time defined   function yourFunction           do whatever you like here      setTimeout yourFunction  5000      yourFunction

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For repeating an action in the future  there is the built in setInterval  function that you can use instead of setTimeout  It has a similar signature  so the  transition from one to another is simple     setInterval function            do stuff    duration

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As best coding practices suggests  use setTimeout instead of setInterval   function foo             your function code here      setTimeout foo  5000      foo      Please note that this is NOT a recursive function  The function is not calling itself before it ends  it s calling a setTimeout function that will be later call the same function again

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You can use setInterval    the arguments are the same   const interval   setInterval function           method to be executed      5000    clearInterval interval      thanks  Luca D Amico

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Good working example here  http   jsfiddle net MrTest t4NXD 62   Plus    has nice fade in   fade out animation will pause on  hover will prevent running multiple actions  finish run animation before starting second  will prevent going broken when in the tab   browser stops scripts in the tabs    Tested and working

[javascript] Call a Javascript function every 5 seconds continuously

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