I'm trying to build a loop function with a delay. I've found this solution here:

How do I add a delay in a JavaScript loop?

...but because I want to use the function several times, I want to pass variables to the function. This is proving difficult. For example, say I've got a function called "animate_block" that I want to call with variable "blah". This function itself calls another function with this variable, then moves the variable forward by 1 until it reaches some limit, with a recursive setTimeout so it doesn't all happen at once. Should it look something like:

animate_block(blah)

function animate_block(ab_blah){
    move_block(ab_blah);
    ab_blah = ab_blah +1
    if(ab_blah <= 10){
        setTimeout(animate_block(){ab_blah},30);
}

? And if it shouldn't which bit(s) have I got wrong?

Ta!

setTimeout takes a function as first argument. You can create a function on the fly, which has access to the ab_blah because functions have access to the parent scope.

animate_block(blah);

function animate_block(ab_blah) {
    move_block(ab_blah);
    ab_blah = ab_blah +1
    if (ab_blah <= 10) {
        setTimeout(function() { animate_block(ab_blah); }, 30);
    }
}

Read this article on closures in JS to get a good understanding.

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