How do I get this javascript to run every second

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Use setInterval   to run a piece of code every x milliseconds   You can wrap the code you want to run every second in a function called runFunction   So it would be   var t setInterval runFunction 1000     And to stop it  you can run   clearInterval t

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Use setInterval func  delay  to run the func every delay milliseconds   setTimeout   runs your function once after delay milliseconds -- it does not run it repeatedly   A common strategy is to run your code with setTimeout and call setTimeout again at the end of your code

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window setTimeout func 1000     This will run func after 1000 milliseconds  So at the end of func you can call window setTimeout again to go in a loop of 1 sec  You just need to define a terminate condition   Reference

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Use setInterval    function    setInterval oneSecondFunction  1000        function oneSecondFunction        stuff you want to do every second    Here s an article on the difference between setTimeout and setInterval   Both will provide the functionality you need  they just require different implementations

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You can use setTimeout to run the function command once or setInterval to run the function command at specified intervals   var a   setTimeout  alert  run just one time    500   var b   setInterval  alert  run each 3 seconds    3000      To abort the interval you can use this  clearInterval b

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You can use setInterval   var timer   setInterval  myFunction  1000     Just declare your function as myFunction or some other name  and then don t bind it to     more   s live event

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