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How to do a countdown with randomized time intervals, stopping at zero?

i would like to add another counter in this code:
function animateValue(id) {
var obj = document.getElementById(id);
var counter = getLocalStoregaValue();
var current = counter ? +counter : obj.innerHTML;
obj.innerHTML = counter;
setInterval(function() {
var counter = current--;
obj.innerHTML = counter;
localStorage.setItem('counter', counter);
}, 1000);
}
function getLocalStoregaValue() {
return localStorage.getItem('counter');
}
animateValue('value');
I would like it to scale once every second (as in this case) and once every 5 seconds. How can I? And then, how can I make it stop at 0? So without negative numbers. Thank you very much.
EDIT: I explained myself wrong.
I would like a single counter that drops in number from a minimum of 10 to a maximum of 20.
Example: the counter marks 50. After 15 seconds it marks 49. After 18 seconds it marks 48. After 11 seconds it marks 47. And so up to 0.
I hope I explained myself well this time :)

Ok, I was interrupted while posting my answer. Here now the explanation:
I left out the localStorage part of your question and concentrated on the generation of "independent countdowns" first:
function cntdwn(sel,stp,intv){
let el=document.querySelector(sel),
n=el.textContent-stp,
cd=setInterval(()=>{
el.textContent=n;
if((n-=stp)<0) clearInterval(cd);
}, intv);
}
cntdwn('#one',1,1000) ;
setTimeout(()=>cntdwn('#two',1,3000), 12000);
<p>first countdown:<br>step: 1, interval: 1s</p>
<p id="one">15</p>
<p>second countdown:<br>step: 1, action after: 15, 18, 21, 24 ... s (as mentioned in comment)</p>
<p id="two">50</p>
The cntdwn() function provides a scope in which individual countdowns can be set up for arbitrary DOM elements, each with their own counter (it starts with the value found in the DOM element), step-width and interval (in milliseconds).
Each countdown is generated with let cd=setInterval(...). The reference cd can then be used to stop the countdown (in clearInterval(cd)), once the value of n is found to be below zero.
Edit:
Assuming you made a typo in your sequence of intervals and you really meant: 15, 18, 21 seconds, then the edited second countdown should be the correct solution.
I used a setTimeout() function to delay the action by 12 seconds, then, after the first of the regular 3 second intervals (i. e. after a total of 15 seconds) the first change occurs. The countdown then continues in 3 second intervals until it reaches zero.
Yet another edit:
Ok, so you want: "A countdown with random time intervals (range 10 to 20s each) that will stop at zero"
This should do it:
function cntdwn(sel,int1,int2){
let el=document.querySelector(sel),
n=el.textContent-1,
cd=()=>setTimeout(()=>{
el.textContent=n;
if(n--) cd();
}, 1000*(int1+Math.random()*(int2-int1)));
cd();
}
cntdwn('#one',10,20);
<p>countdown:<br>step: 1, intervals: between 10 and 20 s</p>
<p id="one">5</p>

If you can use ES2017, you can use an asynchronous function to do it, like this:
async function animateValue(id) {
function timeout(t){
return new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, t))
}
var obj = document.getElementById(id);
var counter = getLocalStoregaValue();
for(let i = +counter || +obj.innerHTML || 0; i >= 0; i--){
obj.innerHTML = i;
localStorage.setItem('counter', i);
await timeout((Math.random() * 10 + 10) * 1000); //Pause for 10 to 20 seconds. For an integer second value, wrap `Math.random() * 10` into a `Math.floor` call
};
}
function getLocalStoregaValue() {
return localStorage.getItem('counter');
}
animateValue('value').catch(console.error);
<div id="value">50</div>
Try it (I commented out the localStorage part, as it isn't allowed in Stack Snippets):
async function animateValue(id) {
function timeout(t){
return new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, t))
}
var obj = document.getElementById(id);
var counter = getLocalStoregaValue();
for(let i = +counter || +obj.innerHTML || 0; i >= 0; i--){
obj.innerHTML = i;
//localStorage.setItem('counter', i);
await timeout((Math.random() * 10 + 10) * 1000); //Pause for 10 to 20 seconds. For an integer second value, wrap `Math.random() * 10` into a `Math.floor` call
};
}
function getLocalStoregaValue() {
//return localStorage.getItem('counter');
}
animateValue('value').catch(console.error);
<div id="value">50</div>

setInterval response only once instead of 1000

I want to change the opacity of table with setInterval:
window.setInterval(function () {
if (document.getElementById("goalkeepers").style.opacity != 1)
document.getElementById("goalkeepers").style.opacity = document.getElementById("goalkeepers").style.opacity + 0.001;
}, 1);
When I run this code it do it only once, the opacity of the table is only 0.001.
What is the problem?

There are several things wrong with the code itself:
DRY, you are calling getElementById to get the same element a LOT.
You are assuming that 0.001 + 0.001 + 0.001 + ... a thousand times will add up to exactly 1. This is not true in computers, because of how floating point numbers work. You should use < 1 instead of != 1
Retrieving a style is always a string. Therefore the result is trying to be 0.0010.001, ie. concatenation.
You are using an interval of 1ms. Intervals should generally not be less than about 20.
Try:
var tbl = document.getElementById('goalkeepers');
tbl.style.opacity = 0;
tbl.style.transition = "opacity 1s linear";
setTimeout(function() {
// delay the actual opacity setting so it will be transitioned
tbl.style.opacity = 1;
},10);

These guys beat me to it while I was making a fiddle, But I will post anyway.
var gk = document.getElementById("goalkeepers"),
animation = window.setInterval(function () {
if (gk.style.opacity < 1) {
gk.style.opacity = Number(gk.style.opacity) + 0.001;
}
else {
clearInterval(animation);
}
}, 1);
They both are correct about using < istead of != for the float type comparison, the string value of style.xxx and only calling document.getElementById once.
You should consider excepting one of their answers.

Try this
var t= window.setInterval(function () {
if (parseInt(document.getElementById("goalkeepers").style.opacity) != 1)
{
document.getElementById("goalkeepers").style.opacity = Number(document.getElementById("goalkeepers").style.opacity) + 0.001;
}
else
{
clearInterval(t);
}
}, 1);
You opacity is not incrementing, so used Number() also you have clear the interval once opacity reached 1 else it will keep calling might slow down your browser after some time.

Increase value / Script

I need some help with increases value / 1 per second.
I have
<script>
function incrementValue()
{
var value = parseInt(document.getElementById('number').value, 10);
value = isNaN(value) ? 0 : value;
value++;
document.getElementById('number').value = value;
return false;
}
</script>
Now I need a function that will increase the value of 'number' and start adding +1 every second until I click on another image.
The only thing I am capable of making is:
function incrementvale()
var incrementTime = 1;
var incrementBy = 1;
private var counter = 0;
function Start () {
InvokeRepeating("Increment", incrementTime, incrementTime);
}
function Increment () {
counter += incrementBy;
}
Which is horribly wrong!
Question!
When I click on image.
Function starts.
The function increases the value of 'number' by 1 every second.
Thanks

If you really want to increase a value exactly after 1 second I would suggest you save the start time (Unix time stamp e.g. seconds since 1/1/1970). And if you want to know the value of your increasing variable just subtract from start value.
Because you mentioned PHP and showed us JS Code I keep it in Pseudo-Code
function getUnixTimeStampNow() {
return Math.round((new Date()).getTime() / 1000);
}
var start = getUnixTimeStampNow();
// at any time do
var current_value = getUnixTimeStampNow() - start;

Increment integer by 1; every 1 second

My aim is to create identify a piece of code that increments a number by 1, every 1 second:
We shall call our base number indexVariable, I then want to: indexVariable = indexVariable + 1 every 1 second; until my indexVariable has reached 360 - then I wish it to reset to 1 and carry out the loop again.
How would this be possible in Javascript? - if it makes a difference I am using the Raphael framework.
I have carried out research of JavaScript timing events and the Raphael delay function - but these do not seem to be the answer - can anyone assist?

You can use setInterval() for that reason.
var i = 1;
var interval = setInterval( increment, 1000);
function increment(){
i = i % 360 + 1;
}
edit: the code for your your followup-question:
var interval = setInterval( rotate, 1000);
function rotate(){
percentArrow.rotate(1,150,150);
}
I'm not entirely sure, how your rotate works, but you may have to store the degrees in a var and increment those var too like in the example above.

var indexVariable = 0;
setInterval(function () {
indexVariable = ++indexVariable % 360 + 1; // SET { 1-360 }
}, 1000);

Try:
var indexVariable = 0;
setInterval(
function () {
indexVariable = (indexVariable + 1) % 361;
}, 1000}

Incrementing a number smoothly with a variable time period in JS

I have a really simple JS counter which I display on a dashboard like screen which does the following:
Every 5 minutes it makes an jsonp call and retrieves a "total" number
It then displays this number to the screen by incrementing the last total displayed till it is equal to the new total. (the number can only ever increase)
I'm having some trouble with making the number increment smoothly. What I would like to do is find a delta (i.e. New total - old total) and increment the number gradually over the 5 minutes till the next call so it looks like a nice smooth transition.
Any ideas on how I can do this?
Currently some of my code looks like this (This block get's called every 5mins. And yes, it's in dire need of a refactor...)
var LAST_NUMBER_OF_SESSIONS = null;
var five_minutes_in_seconds = 300;
var new_number_of_sessions;
$.getJSON('http://blah.com/live_stats/default_jsonp.aspx?callback=?', function(data) {
if(LAST_NUMBER_OF_SESSIONS === null){
LAST_NUMBER_OF_SESSIONS = data.total_sessions;
}
new_number_of_sessions = data.total_sessions;
var delta = Math.floor(new_number_of_sessions - LAST_NUMBER_OF_SESSIONS);
var time_interval = (five_minutes_in_seconds / delta) * 1000;
var old_value = LAST_NUMBER_OF_SESSIONS;
var new_value = null;
sessions_interval = setInterval(function (){
new_value = parseInt(old_value, 10) + 1;
$('#stats').text(new_value);
old_value = new_value;
if(new_value >= new_number_of_sessions){
clearInterval(sessions_interval);
}
}, time_interval);
LAST_NUMBER_OF_SESSIONS = new_value;
});
}
This code it seems to increment the number very quickly at the start of the 5min period and then stop so it's not exactly right...

Try this:
var total = 0,
delta = 0,
stats = $('#stats').text( total );
function increment() {
var v = +stats.text();
if ( v < total ) {
stats.text( v + 1 );
} else {
$.getJSON('http://...', function(data) { // added data here
delta = Math.floor( 300000 / ( data.total_sessions - total ) );
total = data.total_sessions;
});
}
setTimeout(increment, delta);
}
Update:
In order to test my code, I had to simulate the JSON reponse - I used an array of numbers. See here: http://jsfiddle.net/simevidas/MwQKM/
(In the demo, I use an interval of 5 seconds instead of 5 minutes.)

I am not exactly sure why your code doesn't work as expected, although I suspect that it has to do with line LAST_NUMBER_OF_SESSIONS = new_value;. I wrote something similar and it works fine. It's not that different from what you have, minus that last line of code.