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delay in delay javascript looping


I have a loop that already has a delay like this

for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    setTimeout( function (i) {
        console.log("Hai")
    }, 1000*i, i);
}

if using coding above it will be executed with a 1 second pause for 100 repetitions

here I want to add one more delay where if it reaches 5 times it will pause longer eg 30 seconds then continue again before the delay

example :

Hai .. delay 1 second
Hai .. delay 1 second
Hai .. delay 1 second
Hai .. delay 1 second
Hai .. delay 1 second
delay 30 second 
Hai .. delay 1 second
Hai .. delay 1 second
Hai .. delay 1 second
Hai .. delay 1 second
Hai .. delay 1 second

Is that possible?


Solution

  • const timeout = ms => new Promise(res => setTimeout(res, ms))
    async function sayHai() {
      for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
          await timeout(1000);
          console.log("Hai");
          if ( (i%5) == 4 ) await timeout(30000);
      }
    }