The second parameter indicates how many milliseconds from now you want to execute the first parameter.
第二个参数用来表明从现在开始你希望在多少毫秒后执行第一个参数
Note: There are 1000 milliseconds in one second.
1000毫秒为一秒
Example
举例
When the button is clicked in the example below, an alert box will be displayed after 5 seconds.
当下面的按钮被点击后，每过5秒就会出现一个警告框。
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function timedMsg()
{
var t=setTimeout("alert('5 seconds!')",5000)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Display timed alertbox!"
onClick="timedMsg()">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Example - Infinite Loop
无限循环
To get a timer to work in an infinite loop, we must write a function that calls itself. In the example below, when the button is clicked, the input field will start to count (for ever), starting at 0:
要得到一个无限循环的记时器，我们必须写出一个自我调用的函数。下面的例子，当按钮按下后，输入框就会从0开始记数（永远的）
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var c=0
var t
function timedCount()
{
document.getElementById('txt').value=c
c=c+1
t=setTimeout("timedCount()",1000)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" value="Start count!"
onClick="timedCount()">
<input type="text" id="txt">
</form>
</body>
</html>
clearTimeout()
Syntax语法
clearTimeout(setTimeout_variable)
Example
举例
The example below is the same as the "Infinite Loop" example above. The only difference is that we have now added a "Stop Count!" button that stops the timer:
下面的例子和上面的“无限循环”差不多。唯一的不同就是我们现在多了一个“停止记数”的按钮来停止记时器。
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var c=0
var t
function timedCount()
{
document.getElementById('txt').value=c
c=c+1
t=setTimeout("timedCount()",1000)
}
function stopCount()
