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Clearing a setInterval on a HTML page with vanilla JS
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <title>Clear Interval Test</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <h1>Clear setInterval w/ JS</h1> | |
| <br/> | |
| <h4 id="status">Click Start</h4> | |
| <br/> | |
| <button onclick="startInterval()">Start</button> | |
| <button onclick="stopInterval()">Stop</button> | |
| <br/> | |
| <small id="count">0</small> | |
| <script> | |
| let counter = null; | |
| const count = document.getElementById('count'); | |
| const status = document.getElementById('status'); | |
| function startInterval(){ | |
| status.innerHTML = "Interval Function Started"; | |
| counter = setInterval(()=>{ | |
| count.innerHTML = parseInt(count.innerHTML)+1; | |
| }, 500); | |
| } | |
| function stopInterval(){ | |
| status.innerHTML = "Interval Function Stopped"; | |
| clearInterval(counter); | |
| } | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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