How to start and stop/pause setInterval?

Question

I\'m trying to pause and then play a setInterval loop.

After I have stopped the loop, the \"start\" button in my attempt doesn\'t seem to work :

Answer 1

The reason you're seeing this specific problem:

JSFiddle wraps your code in a function, so start() is not defined in the global scope.

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Moral of the story: don't use inline event bindings. Use addEventListener/attachEvent.

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Other notes:

Please don't pass strings to setTimeout and setInterval. It's eval in disguise.

Use a function instead, and get cozy with var and white space:

var input = document.getElementById("input"),
  add;

function start() {
  add = setInterval(function() {
    input.value++;
  }, 1000);
}

start();