It does not use the timeout on the loop

Asked Apr 06 '22 at 14:00

Active Apr 06 '22 at 14:00

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Im trying to put this in the console of a website so it clicks something then presses then click another button to exit and then start over so it just spams like that. It works the first time but when the loop comes back its does not use the timeout so it tries to click "document.getElementsByClassName("fa fa-times")[0].click();" but since the delay has not happened yet it tries to click something that does not exist

const n = 7;

var delayInMilliseconds = 1000;

for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) { 

console.log(`I love JavaScript.`);
 
  document.getElementById("viewer_link_1569243").click();
setTimeout(function() {
document.getElementsByClassName("fa fa-times")[0].click();
 }, delayInMilliseconds);

}```

asked Apr 06 '22 at 14:00

Igetis

Not sure why you have a loop but don't use the loop variable `i` – phuzi Apr 06 '22 at 14:03
You have a loop which says "Do this in one second." 7 times in rapid succession. One second later, it does what you told it to do 7 times. `setTimeout` isn't sleep. – Quentin Apr 06 '22 at 14:04
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@phuzi, what's wrong with `i`? – mykaf Apr 06 '22 at 14:06

It does not use the timeout on the loop

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