I want to make a small dead chat ping function for my discord bot. The time it sends the ping should be random. I tried this code down here but the interval doesn't wait untill the "wait" is finished and repeats it unlimited times. It there maybe an alternative?
setInterval(function() {
var rating = Math.floor(Math.random() * 5000000) + 5000;
setTimeout(function(){
client.channels.cache.get('933372453009379338').send(`testing ${rating}`)
}, rating);
}, 1);
Just use setTimeout only, and let its callback initiate the next execution of that logic:
function loop() {
var rating = Math.floor(Math.random() * 5000000) + 5000;
setTimeout(function(){
client.channels.cache.get('933372453009379338').send(`testing ${rating}`);
loop();
}, rating);
}
loop(); // start it