setTimeout doesn't work???

Question

This code should output 'hi' once every three seconds up until ten times, but when I run it, they are all output immediately.

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
if (x=1) {
console.log ('hi')
x=0
setTimeout (x=1, 3000)
}
else {
i--
}
}

Answer 1

If you need to use for to iterate the timer setTimeout output, you can use Promise with async/await function to perform it.

function timeout(msg, t) {
return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(msg), t));
}

async function run() {
for(let i=0; i<10; i++) {
const output = await timeout('hi', 1000);
console.log(output);
}
}

run();

https://code.sololearn.com/W46A9A16a13A/?ref=app

Answer 2

@Simba sorry, no that wasn't the problem. This isn't my actual code that I'm working on, but rather a simplified representation of it. That was just a typo