settimeout issue in IE8

Question

I am facing a strange issue while using javascript setTimeout function in IE8. I want to use the \'setTimeout\' function like this -

setTimeout(timeout,2000         


        

Answer 1

Probably not supported there, so have this instead:

window.setTimeout(function() {
    timeout({name:'saarthak'});
},2000);

Meaning call your function from within anonymous function.

Answer 2

If you want to call timeout with changing variable (e.g. calling timeout in loop with lot of names) you can use also in IE8:

var names = ["saarthak", "saarthak2", "saarthak3"]; 
for (var q in names) {
  setTimeout(
    (function(opts){
          return function(){
                    alert ("hello " + opts.name)            
                  }
     })({name:names[q]}), 2000);
}

see: http://jsfiddle.net/q4HYz/