setTimeout happens only once in a loop expression

Question

This is an example:

function func1()
{
   setTimeout(function(){doSomething();}, 3000);
}
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
   func1();
}

after executing

Answer 1

You are scheduling 10 calls, but the problem is all are getting scheduled for the same time, ie after 3 seconds.

If you want to call them incrementally then you need to increase the delay in each call.

A solution will be is to pass a delay unit value to the func1 like

function func1(i) {
  setTimeout(function() {
    doSomething();
  }, i * 500);//reduced delay for testing
}
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  func1(i + 1);
}

var counter = 0;

function doSomething() {
  snippet.log('called: ' + ++counter)
}