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Andreas
Andreas

Reputation: 3

can't figure out why setTimeout() isn't functioning properly

So I'm trying to make it so I go to another website after a certain number of seconds, however it doesn't appear to be working. I would expect my code (below) to go to youtube for 10 seconds and then it would change into google. What is the problem? Much appreciated.

window.location.assign("http://www.youtube.com");
setTimeout(doSomething, 10000);
function doSomething()
{
    window.location.replace("http://www.google.com");
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 52

Answers (2)

haxtbh
haxtbh

Reputation: 3532

Once the browser leaves the page your JavaScript stops processing too. You cant go to another site and then continue to run your JavaScript.

Upvotes: 1

adeneo
adeneo

Reputation: 318342

window.location.assign("http://www.youtube.com");

redirects to Youtube, so anything after that line is not executed as you're now on Youtube ?

Upvotes: 3

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