Help, setTimeout not working properly.

[Lisa.Neeb]

Hey,

I have been trying to create an infinite loop using "setTimeout" in javascript to animate a slideshow.

Following is the code I am using :

$(document).ready(function()
{

	var currentPosition = 1;
	var slideWidth = 640;
	var slides = $('.slide');
	var numberOfSlides = slides.length;

	// Wrap all .slides with #slideInner div
	slides.wrapAll('<div id="slideInner"></div>')
   
	// Set #slideInner width equal to total width of all slides
	$('#slideInner').css('width', slideWidth * numberOfSlides);

	slidetheslider(currentPosition,numberOfSlides);
  });

function slidetheslider(pos,numSlide)
{
	var curPos = pos ;
	var numberSlide = numSlide ;

	$('#slideInner').animate({
      'marginLeft' : 640*(-curPos)
    },1500 );

	if (curPos >= numberSlide-1)
	{
		curPos = 0;
	}
	else
	{
		curPos = curPos + 1;
	}

	window.setTimeout("slidetheslider(curPos,numberSlide)",3000);
};

The setTimeout works as it is supposed to if I do something like ( window.setTimeout("slidetheslider(6,6)",3000); ) but doesn't in the above code.
It is already 48hours of headache and I couldn't find a clue.Any help ?

Thanks a lot
Lisa

[PeejAvery]

That's why setInterval() exists...

[Lisa.Neeb]

That's why setInterval() exists...

Hey thanks, but the problem seems to remain.
same as in above, if I pass numerical value instead of a variable it works, must be something wrong in the way I am passing the values to the function ?

the first call execute as it should be, here( slidetheslider(currentPosition,numberOfSlides);
) but the function isn't called when called from setInterval or setTimeout.

[PeejAvery]

That's because you have them enclosed in quotes which means they are acting as part of a larger string. The following should do it...

"slidetheslider(" + curPos + ", " + numberSlide + ")"

[Lisa.Neeb]

ok, got it, but why the + signs ?

[PeejAvery]

Ever concatenated a string?

[Lisa.Neeb]

yup, **** it is so different then c++ where integers are integers and strings are strings and you can pass a pointer to a function.
Still didn't get, why strings ? But anyway thanks for the help

[PeejAvery]

The function name and parameters need to be passed as a string. That's what the window object function demands.