The clearTimeout() function is used in javascript to clear the timeout which has been set by setTimeout()function before that. i.e, The return value of setTimeout() function is stored in a variable and it’s passed into the clearTimeout() function to clear the timer.
For example, the below setTimeout method is used to display the message after 3 seconds. This timeout can be cleared by the clearTimeout() method.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | <script> var msg; function greeting() { alert('Good morning'); } function start() { msg =setTimeout(greeting, 3000); } function stop() { clearTimeout(msg); } </script> |
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