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How to only advance after array has been filled in JavaScript

So I'm using codebird-js to interact with the twitter API in JavaScript, but the limit on tweets the api fetches at a certain time is 100. Because of this, I need to make consecutive calls to the API but change the "max_id" parameter to shift the timeframe and get the next 10 tweets.

My problem is that I'm storing tweets directed at a specific account in an array because those are the only ones I care about, but the code moves on before the array is fully filled in a for loop. I have tried to use promises and callbacks, but I couldn't get either to work the way I intended. My most recent attempt was to use jquery's when/then, but it still gives the same results as my other attempts. Below is some code with an attempt I made where I am trying to just print the first element of the array, which always comes up undefined. I know that the array is being created though, because if I just print the array the JS console shows it filled. Thank you for any advice you may have!

actualReplies = []
    var params = {
        to:"someTwitterHandle",
        count:100,
        result_type:"popular"
    }

    $.when(
        cb.__call(
        "search_tweets",
        params,
        function (reply){
            for(var i=0; i<reply.statuses.length; i++){
                if(reply.statuses[i].in_reply_to_status_id_str == tweetId){
                    actualReplies.push(reply.statuses[i])
                }
            }
            recent = reply.statuses[reply.statuses.length-1].id_str
        }
    )).then( function(){
        console.log(actualReplies[0])
    })

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