javascript setTimeout error

Question

I'm trying to make a progress bar that moves each 5 seconds. Here is my code:

function Progress(runner, validlinks)
{
 if (runner <= validlinks)
 {
 var myString = document.getElementById('links').value;
 var mySplit = myString.split("\n");
 var ValidLinksCount = 0;
 for(i = 0; i < mySplit.length; i++)
 {
 if (mySplit[i].search("who") != -1)
 ValidLinksCount++;
 ValidLinksCount++;
 else if (mySplit[i].search("we") != -1)
 ValidLinksCount++;
 }
 var jump = Math.ceil(100 / ValidLinksCount);
 runner++;
 document.getElementById("progressDiv").style.width = parseInt(document.getElementById("progressDiv").style.width) + jump + "%";
 window.setTimeout(Progress(runner,ValidLinksCount), 5000);
 }
}

I call it on button submit like this:

<input type="submit" name="submit" disabled="true" onclick="Progress(0,0);" value="check" />

It just runs and doesn't wait 5 seconds until next run, why? Thanks.

Answer 1

Pass, don't call, a function.

window.setTimeout(function() {
 Progress(runner,ValidLinksCount);
}, 5000);

• user1104615: Wow, thank you so much, I've been busting my head to find the solution.