Creating Javascript countdown from currentvalue to targetvalue and change numbers every sec

Question

currentValue = 708295;
targetValue = 0;

function count() {
  if (currentValue > targetValue) {
    currentValue -= 1
  } else if (currentValue < targetValue) {
    currentValue += 1
  }
  document.getElementById('timeTo').innerHTML =
    'Total wordcount:'+ currentValue.toString();
  changeTime = 1000;
  if (Math.abs(currentValue - targetValue) <0) {
    changeTime = 1000 - Math.abs(currentValue - targetValue);
  }
  setTimeout(count,changeTime/1);
}
count()

<h1 id="timeTo">Starting</h1>

any help will be very useful, i m trying to learn javascricpt and i want to create count down.

I want number to go down every sec but so far i have created the function to count the number but its counting too fast

ANy help or any suggestions

Thanks

You can view a complete example here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20618355/the-simplest-possible-javascript-countdown-timer — Brian Salta, Mar 09 '16 at 16:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 16:42

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setTimeout second argument is miliseconds value, it should be set to 1000 if you want to tick every second.

answered Mar 09 '16 at 16:42

jkordas

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Thank you , one more question what is the best way to add "," to 708295 – Blair Mar 09 '16 at 16:53
What do you mean by _add "," to 708295_ ? – jkordas Mar 10 '16 at 10:59
I want to add comma to 708295 so it will look like 708,295 – Blair Mar 10 '16 at 12:31
I recommend using [numberFormatter](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/NumberFormat). console.log(new Intl.NumberFormat().format(123456)); – jkordas Mar 10 '16 at 13:27

Creating Javascript countdown from currentvalue to targetvalue and change numbers every sec

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