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Asked: 2026-05-20T07:56:25+00:00

I’m wanting to know how to put a message in every time the timer

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I’m wanting to know how to put a message in every time the timer starts over. And here is my code thus far:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var c=10;
var t;
var timer_is_on=0;

function timedCount() {
    document.getElementById('txt').value = c;
    c = c - 1;
    if (c == 0)
        c = 10;

}

function doMining() {
    if (!timer_is_on) {
        timer_is_on = true;
        t = setInterval(function () {
            timedCount();
        }, 1000);                
    }
}

</script> 

<SPAN STYLE="float:left">
<form>
<input type="button" value="Mining" onClick="doMining()">
<input type="text" id="txt">
</form>
</SPAN>
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  1. Editorial Team

    2 easy steps:

    1. Create a place for your message to show up (i.e. another web element)
    2. In your conditional, when your counter reaches 0, update the message element’s value

    Here’s an example:

    <div id='message'></div>

    Then, access that element and append your message or modify your method using DOM traversal (preferably using a javascript framework such as dojo or jquery but you can also do it manually):

    if (c == 0) { 
    var _message = document.createTextNode("Timer has finished!");
    document.getElementById('message').appendChild(_message); 
    c = 10;
}

    Also, don’t put a SPAN around a form. Try a “div” instead. Span’s are meant for styling in-line document elements.

    Edit: I’m assuming when you say “start over” you mean when the c = 0 or the timer has run 10 times. When it “starts over” could also mean when the method is re-called by the timer (i.e. every 1 second, in which case you’d just put the update code at the top of the function)

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