Global Functions

You can use these global functions in your JS scripts.

setTimeout

function setTimeout(callback, delay, ...args)

• callback: The function to be executed. Type: function.
• delay: The delay in milliseconds before the callback function is called. Type: number.
• args: Arguments passed to the callback function. This is an optional parameter.

The functions allows you to call a function once in a certain time interval. Returns the timeout ID.

clearTimeout

function clearTimeout(timeoutID)

• timeoutID: The identifier of the timeout you want to clear. Type: number.

Disables a timeout set by a call to setTimeout.

btoa

function btoa(text, encoding)

• text: The string to be encoded. Type: string.
• encoding: An optional parameter that can take a single value utf-8, which means that the string will be encoded into Base64 in UTF-8 encoding. If the argument is not specified or set as undefined, the string will be encoded into Base64 in latin1 encoding. Type: string.

The function creates a Base64-encoded ASCII string from a "string" of binary data. Returns the encoded string.

atob

function atob(text, encoding)

• text: The string to be decoded. Type: string.
• encoding: An optional parameter that can take the single value utf-8, which means that the string was encoded in Base64 from a UTF-8 encoded string. If the argument is not specified or is undefined, it means that the string was encoded in Base64 from a latin1-encoded string. Type: string.

Decodes a string that has been encoded using Base64. Returns the decoded string.

getLocale

function getLocale()

Returns the name of the current node's locale in BCP 47 format. The function takes no arguments.

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