Jquery/Javascript help needed

[lubblig]

I've got this script that I want to update automatically (it's a clock and I need it to update by itself to show the time correctly) without the need of a page refresh.

 

I've got this but I don't know how to do it, I cannot get setTimeout() to work because the function doesn't have a name (I think that's the reason)?

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
  //code
  //not important to problem
  })
var t = setTimeout(function(),500);
</script>

The setTimeout part isn't working and I think it's because I'm not using it correctly or it just doesn't work in jquery. So I need help with code that can update it.

[Hazy125]

I think you want setInterval rather than setTimeout. Timeout runs after a specified time then breaks, whereas interval keeps running. It's the same syntax as setTimeout

[lubblig]

5 minutes ago, Hazy125 said:

I think you want setInterval rather than setTimeout. Timeout runs after a specified time then breaks, whereas interval keeps running. It's the same syntax as setTimeout

No, that doesn't work either. I think that the problem is that my function is called "$(function() {" and the setTimout/setInterval cannot do anything with it because it doesn't have a name.

[lubblig]

haha, I used some code from another site and thought it had to be the $function thing. But I tried to set it to "function NAMEHERE() {" and that worked. Thanks though!