Question

im having some code similar to this:

var options = {
    timerInterval: 800,
    timer: null
};

var functions = {
    someFunction: function() {

    }
};

options.timer = setTimeout('functions.someFunction()', options.timerInterval);

This won’t fire though, because it can’t find the functions object.

What to do? 😀

Answer 1

try this:

options.timer = setTimeout(function () {
  functions.someFunction()
}, options.timerInterval)

it’s not recommended to write your function argument as a string in a setTimeout b/c it has to do some conversions that adds overhead to your script and can be avoided by using an anonymous function to call your function.