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Cleaner setTimeout Callbacks

Cleaner setTimeout Callbacks

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·Jul 19, 2020·

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Sometimes I'll write some code that needs to be wrapped in a setTimeout:

  setTimeout(myFunc, 1000);

If my function took any arguments, it would bum me out by having to add additional lines to call it inside an separate callback:

  setTimeout(() => {
    myFunc(arg1, arg2);
  }, 1000);

To keep things on one line, sometimes I'd bind the arguments to the function this way:

  setTimeout(myFunc.bind(null, arg1, arg2), 1000);

But here's the money: setTimeout takes additional arguments that get passed to the supplied callback:

  setTimeout(myFunc, 1000, '🐄', '🍞'); // Logs "🐄 + 🍞 = 🍔"

  function myFunc(protein, carb) {
    console.log(`${protein} + ${carb} = 🍔`);
  }

So now you can keep your fancy one-liners without binding! 📞

Links

MDN Article on setTimeout


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