Javascript setInterval function to clear itself?

Question

myInterval = setInterval(function(){
     MyFunction();
},50);

function MyFunction()
{
    //Can I call clearInterval(myInterval); in here?
}

The

Answer 1

You can do it by using a trick with window.setTimeout

var Interval = function () {
    if (condition) {
        //do Stuff
    }
    else {
        window.setTimeout(Interval, 20);
    };
};
window.setTimeout(Interval, 20);