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Eliezer
Eliezer

Reputation: 7347

Javascript setTimeout Parameter Issue (The I'm Using an Anonymous Function Version)

I can't believe that I'm having an issue with this. My setTimeout is: 

setTimeout(function(){showContent(entries, 0);}, 500);

I also tried:

(function(entries, index){
    clear_show_content = setTimeout(function(){
                                               showContent(entries, index);
                                              }, 500);
                          })(entries, 0);

and in showContent(entries, index) index is undefined. Please tell me I'm just missing something obvious here.

EDIT: This code is causing so many problems tonight :)

var clear_show_content;
function showContent(json){
    var entries = json;
    $('#content').html('');
    if(checkIfNoneEntered(entries))
        $('#content').append('<div class="entry">No Alumni Entered Yet!</div>');
    else if(checkIfNoMatches(entries))
        $('#content').append('<div class="entry">No Matches Found!</div>');
    else if(checkIfError(entries))
        $('#content').append('<div class="entry">There was an error!</div>');
    else {
        clearTimeout(clear_show_content);
        $('#content').append('<table border="2" id="content_table" width="50%">');
        var filler = '<img width="1" height="1" />';

        clear_show_content = setTimeout((function(){showContent(entries, 0);}),
                                                                             500);
    }
}

function showContent(entries, index){
    if(index < 0)
        return;

    stop = index + 10 > entries.alumnus.length ? entries.alumnus.length : 10;
    start = new Date();
    for(allIndex = index; allIndex < stop; allIndex++){
}//This is where it becomes proprietary, but I highly doubt the issue is after here

EDIT 2: Here's a jsFiddle of the issue. It's not working on my browser (Chrome 16) and I don't currently have access to any other browser. I don't think that's the issue though, as I've written code like this hundreds of times. http://jsfiddle.net/eygraber/NduqY/1/

Upvotes: 2

Views: 242

Answers (2)

user578895
user578895

Reputation:

You're defining your showContent function twice...

Upvotes: 4

david
david

Reputation: 18268

Both your functions are called 'showContent' which means when you try to call the first one, you're really calling the second one because the first is overwritten.

When you check if index is undefined, check what's in entries. I bet it's the json you meant to pass to the first function.

Upvotes: 4

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