jQuery text loading animation

Question

Trying to make a text ... loading animation

here\'s where I stand: http://jsfiddle.net/aGfct/

I can get the ... to be added at 500 ms intervals, but then I w

Answer 1

i = 0;
setInterval(function() {
    i = ++i % 4;
    $("#loading").html("loading"+Array(i+1).join("."));
}, 500);

If you wish to change the string after 5 says, that's after 10 iterations. This can be accomplished like this.

i = 0;
text = "loading";
setInterval(function() {
    $("#loading").html(text+Array((++i % 4)+1).join("."));
    if (i===10) text = "start";
}, 500);