simultaneous pause javascript

Question

I want to pause but still run other code at the same time. For example:

while (true) {
    unit++
    // wait 3 seconds
}
// do this at the same time
while (true) {
    something += 25
    // wait 5 seconds
}

JavaScript is ran sequentially, so that would be impossible unless you use ajax for one of the scripts. — Spencer Wieczorek, Dec 15 '15 at 23:01
Possible duplicate of [Parallel JavaScript Code](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3897625/parallel-javascript-code) — Sheepy, Dec 16 '15 at 06:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '15 at 23:04

This will increase unit by 1 every three seconds and something by 25 every five seconds. The time units are in milliseconds so divide by 1000 to get the time in seconds and vice versa.

setInterval(function() { 
    unit++;
}, 3000);

setInterval(function() { 
    something += 25;
}, 5000);

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