javascript - setTimeout() method inside a while loop

Question

I have read the relevant pages on w3schools and other similar questions here but cannot seem to understand what's wrong about the following bit :

var myfunc03 = function (i) {
  document.getElementById('d01').innerHTML += 100-i+"<br>";
};

var myFunc01 = function() {
  i=0;
  while (i<100) {
    setTimeout(myfunc03(i), 1000)
    i++;
  }
};

when myFunc01(); is run.

There's no pause whatsoever and all possible values for i is listed at once.

Is there a logical mistake here?

Answer 1

The while loop will not wait for setTimeout() to complete. You need to set different time delay for each to execute them with different times and use closure for holding the value of i. Also in your case, function will be executed initially and return value is setting as argument in setTimeout(), so either you need to call the function inside an anonymous function or set the function directly.

var myFunc01 = function() {
  var i = 0;
  while (i < 100) {
    (function(i) {
      setTimeout(function() {
        document.getElementById('d01').innerHTML += 100 - i + "<br>";
      }, 1000 * i)
    })(i++)
  }
};

myFunc01();

<span id="d01"></span>