Simple time delay in AS2

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This may be a bit too late… but here goes for all those ppl who still code in AS2:


//Intervals of delay: IntervalID... currently set as 500 milliseconds.
//Following line says that countDown() function will be called every 500 milliseconds.
var IntervalID:Number = setInterval(countDown, 500);

//reps can be set to the number of times we need consecutive 500ms delay.
var reps:Number = 4;

function countDown(){	
	if(reps == 0){
		clearInterval(IntervalID);	//When all reps done, the 500 ms intervals are not generated
trace("|");
}
	else{
		reps--;
trace("*");
}
}