setTimeout and delay

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i have this:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="delay()"><img src="imgname.jpg" /></a>

in the .js file i have this:

function delay(){
window.setTimeout(alert("check"), 3000);
}

so once i click the img, i would like for the alert dialog box to pop up after 3 seconds, but it appears immediately. changing the delay argument has no effect on the delay. what am i doing incorrectly here? thanks for the help.

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window.setTimeout('alert("check")', 3000);

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ahh thanks!! that worked.