New to javascript and trying to use setTimeout

Question

I'm quite new to javascript and I want a the crickit.motor1.run(60) to get set to 0 after 2 seconds but it isn't working and I'm kinda out of options for what to do next. This is my code

forever(function() {
  if (crickit.touch1.touchRead() > 400) {
    light.setPixelColor(0, 0x00ffff)
    crickit.motor1.run(60);
  }

  pause(100)
})

function motorOff() {
  crickit.motor1.run(0);
}

forever(function() {
  if (crickit.motor1.run() = 60)
    setTimeout(motorOff() {

    }, 2000);
})

don't call `motorOff` function, just pass the name of the function to `setTimeout` --> `setTimeout(motorOff, 2000);` — Yousaf, Sep 05 '20 at 12:56
`crickit.motor1.run() = 60` should be using `==` or `===` for comparison. Singular `=` is for assignment — Nick Parsons, Sep 05 '20 at 12:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '20 at 12:58

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These will work:

setTimeout( motorOff, 2000);

setTimeout( 'motorOff()', 2000);

setTimeout( function() { motorOff() }, 2000);

answered Sep 05 '20 at 12:58

V.Volkov

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It still saying that I made a mistake somewhere in this part: forever(function () { if (crickit.motor1.run() == 60) setTimeout(function () { motorOff() }, 2000); }) and I have no idea what that would be – Snain Sep 05 '20 at 13:04
@Snain and there is no error message ? – Mister Jojo Sep 05 '20 at 13:07
There is supposed to be `if () {line1 line2}` if there is no `{}`, JS adds only the first line to `if` – V.Volkov Sep 05 '20 at 14:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '20 at 12:59

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You have to use it like this: setTimeout(motorOff, 2000);
If you have a function that uses parameters, lets say motorOff(param) would accept 1 paramter, you have to use it like this:
setTimeout(motorOff, 2000, param);

answered Sep 05 '20 at 12:59

Alexandru DuDu

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New to javascript and trying to use setTimeout

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