How can I make a program wait for a variable change in javascript?

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Edit 2018: Please look into Object getters and setters and Proxies. Old answer below:

a quick and easy solution goes like this:

var something=999;
var something_cachedValue=something;

function doStuff() {
    if(something===something_cachedValue) {//we want it to match
        setTimeout(doStuff, 50);//wait 50 millisecnds then recheck
        return;
    }
    something_cachedValue=something;
    //real action
}

doStuff();

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