SetInterval is not calling the function- javascript

Question

I need to use a timer on my page. I wrote in document.ready function the code below:

var timerForLoadingResult=  window.setInterval('checkSearchIsCompleted()',4000)
function checkSearchIsCompleted() {      
    alert('test');        
}

But it's not calling the function every 4 seconds. It's showing an error which says that the object is not found... What's the problem?

mVChr · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-31 04:38:38Z

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Proper syntax is to pass the function name alone:

var timerForLoadingResult = window.setInterval(checkSearchIsCompleted,4000);

answered Mar 31, 2011 at 4:38

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David Tang Over a year ago

Though the reason it's not working is because a string can only be evaluated in global scope, while the OP mentioned that the above code is inside document.ready.

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