cascade text change

by j08691

HTML

<h2>OWEN MELBOURNE</h2>

CSS

#debug{
margin-top:200px;    
}
.normal {color:red;}
.yellow {color:yellow;}

JavaScript

var string = $('h2').text();
var letters = string.split('');
var x = string.length;
$('h2').text('');
$.each(letters, function(index) {
    $('h2').append('<span id="e' + index + '" class="normal">' + letters[index] + '</span>');

});
function Animate(elem) {
    setTimeout(function() {
        $('#e'+elem).animate({
            'color': 'yellow'
        }, 500, function(){elem++;Animate(elem)});
    }, 50);
}
$('h2').mouseenter(function() {
    Animate('0');
}).mouseleave(function() {});