stop settimeout in recursive function

Question

my problem is that I can not stop a timer.

I had this method to set a timeout from this forum. It supposed to store the identifyer in the global variable. By accid

Answer 1

I think you misunderstand 'setTimeout' and 'clearTimeout'.

If you want to set a timer that you want to cancel later, do something like:

foo = setTimeout(function, time);

then call

clearTimeout(foo);

if you want to cancel that timer.

Hope this helps!