setInterval

Code snippet that calls a function after one second intervals and stops when the counter limit is reached.

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.utils.*;

var duration:Number = 1000; 
var intervalId:uint;
var counter:uint = 0;
var endCount:uint = 10;
        
intervalId = setInterval(myFunction, duration, "start");
        
function myFunction():void {
     trace(arguments[0]);
     
     counter++;
     if(counter == endCount) {
          trace("end");
          clearInterval(intervalId);    
     }
}