setInterval
Widely available
The setInterval() global function repeatedly executes provided code on a given delay, and the accompanying clearInterval() cancels the interval.
To learn more, see
Window: setInterval() method,
Window: clearInterval() method at MDN.
Compatibility
- Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
- Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
- Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
- Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
- Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29
Specifications
- HTML Standard (#timers), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).