Question

I want to create a function such that

• each time the function runs, the value of variable P will increase;
• the number of times the function runs is set by the variable runtimes.

For example:

var runtimes = '25';
var P = '1';

function send(){
 //some function
}

After the first run, variable P will be 2 and the second run will start.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

You can call the function from a loop:

var runtime = 25;
var P = 1;

function send(){
    P++;
}

for (var i = 0; i < runtime; i++) {
    send();
}

Or keep track of the iterations in the function itself and call it once:

var iterations = 0;
var runtime = 25;
var P = 1;

function send(){
    P++;
    if (++iterations < runtime) {
        send();
    }
}

send();