Question: I'm grabbing an array of jQuery objects and then via .each() modifying each individual jquery with in the array.

In this case I'm updated the class names to trigger a -webkit-transition-property to utilize a css transition. 

I'd like there to be a pause before each css transition begins. I'm using the following, but there is no delay in between each update. Instead, they all appear to be updating at once. 

```
function positionCards() {
  $cards = $('#gameboard .card');
  $cards.each(function() {
      setTimeout( function(){ addPositioningClass($(this)); }, 500 )
  });
}

function addPositioningClasses($card){
  $card
    .addClass('position')
}

```

I was hoping setTimeout would solve this, but it doesn't seem to be working. Is there a way to accomplish the pause before each CLASS name update of each object?

Answer: 
I added this as a comment but now that I have read it correctly and answered my own question this would probably work:

```
function positionCards() {
  var $cards = $('#gameboard .card');

  var time = 500;

  $cards.each(function() {
      setTimeout( function(){ addPositioningClass($(this)); }, time)
      time += 500;
  });
}

```
Give this a try:

```
function positionCards() {
  $('#gameboard .card').each(function() {
      $(this).delay(500).addClass('position');
  });
}

```

I'll be honest... I've had $(this).delay() misbehave in the past in certain instances and work flawlessly in others. However, this was normally in conjunction with jQuery animation calls, not DOM attribute manipulation. 

Please be aware .delay() does not function in the same way as setTimeout. For more information, see [the jQuery .delay() documentation](http://api.jquery.com/delay/).

As far as I am aware, $().each does execute procedurally so the next iteration of the call should only begin after the preceding has completed.