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setTimeout isn't working properly in the while loop

I need it to pause for 3 seconds at the end of every loop, but it's not pausing. How do I fix this? Example codes would be appreciated.

function file_get_contents(url, callback) {
  fetch(url).then(res => res.text()).then(text => callback(text));
}

function theCallBack(text) {
  text = text.replace(/google/g, "")
  let matches = text.match(/www.[a-z\-]+?.com/g);
  console.log(matches[0]);
};

var theArray = ["https://www.google.com/search?q=one", "https://www.google.com/search?q=two", "https://www.google.com/search?q=three"];
var count = theArray.length;

while (count > 0) {
  console.log(count);
  count--;
  file_get_contents(theArray[count], theCallBack);
  setTimeout(function() {}, 3000);
}

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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You can use a Promise to pause the program and await it.

const wait = (ms) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));


function file_get_contents(url, callback) {
  fetch(url).then(res => res.text()).then(text => callback(text));
}

function theCallBack(text) {
  text = text.replace(/google/g, "")
  let matches = text.match(/www.[a-z\-]+?.com/g);
  console.log(matches[0]);
};

var theArray = ["https://www.google.com/search?q=one", "https://www.google.com/search?q=two", "https://www.google.com/search?q=three"];
var count = theArray.length;



(async() => {
  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    console.log(i + 1);
    file_get_contents(theArray[i], theCallBack);
    await wait(3000);
  }
})();

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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I think problem is setTineout() async function, so you need make it sync, to work as you want.

https://developer.mozilla.org/ru/docs/Learn/JavaScript/Asynchronous/Timeouts_and_intervals

https://stackoverflow.com/a/50357618

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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