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setTimeout() with a pointer to a function




<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function timeout(){
    window.setTimeout("show_alert()",2000)
}
function show_alert(){
    alert("hi")
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<form>
<input type="button" onclick="timeout()" value="Count down">
</form>
</body>

</html>