Question

I have something like the following code

for(i=0, j=10; i<j ; i++){
    $('#an-element-'+i).fadeIn();
}

How do I make it so that each iteration in the loop will only start once the fadeIn(); animation has completed?

edit—sorry my bad I had not included the ‘i’ in the loop

Answer 1

for loops are synchronous, but animations are asynchronous. You’ll need to use recursion.

var i = 0, j = 10;
(function fadeNext () {
    if (i < j) {
        $('#an-element-' + i++).fadeIn(fadeNext);
    }
}) ();

http://jsfiddle.net/uq9mH/