function characterCode(){ var $char = document.getElementById('charInput').value.charCodeAt(0); document.getElementById('charOutput').innerHTML = $char; document.getElementById('charInput').value = ""; }

<input id="charInput" onkeyup="characterCode();" size="1" type="text" />

<div id="charOutput"></div>

setTimeout("myFunction(myVariable)",1250);

Timeout is in milliseconds, 1 Second = 1000 Milliseconds.

Example:

setTimeout("alert('Beep')",1250);