How do I clear this setInterval inside a function?

Question

Normally, I’d set the interval to a variable and then clear it like var the_int = setInterval(); clearInterval(the_int); but for my code to work I put it in an

Answer 1

// Initiate set interval and assign it to intervalListener
var intervalListener = self.setInterval(function () {someProcess()}, 1000);
function someProcess() {
  console.log('someProcess() has been called');
  // If some condition is true clear the interval
  if (stopIntervalIsTrue) {
    window.clearInterval(intervalListener);
  }
}