Snippet: setInterval() Example | Akanixon

setInterval() Example

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This snippet shows how to use setInterval on autocode

const lib = require('lib')({token: process.env.STDLIB_SECRET_TOKEN});
//Code by Jacob Lee
async function intervalFunction() {
  console.log('Hello I am an interval!');
}
//The main problem is that setInterval does not keep the function active
//This is being solved by letting it wait for a "resolve" message
//It is very similar to the sleep function in this case
await new Promise((resolve) => {
  let count = 0;
  setInterval(async () => {
    if (count > 5) {
      //resolve message after 6 executions 
      return resolve();
    }
    await intervalFunction();
    count++;
  }, 500);//sets the repeat time to every 500 ms (milliseconds)
});