javascript/jQuery setInterval/clearInterval

Question

i\'m using setInterval to check if a p(html paragraph) has a certain text value. if it has it i want to clear interval an continue code flow. i\'m using this in a jQuery plu

Answer 1

Use setTimeout instead of setInterval.

Something like:

var checkTextValue = setTimeout(function() {
    var textVal = $('p').text();
    if (textVal == 'expectedValue'){
        callback();
    } else {
        setTimeout(arguments.callee, 10);
    }
},10);