How to stop a timer function from running?

Question

I\'m a bit new to js and have been trying to figure out how to stop this function from running when I click on a button. I tried using clearInterval but I am not sure I am d

Answer 1

You need to give JavaScript a reference to the interval:

var t = setTimeout(function() {
    timer(counter + 1);
}, 3000);

Then you can clear it like so:

$("#stop").click(function () {
   clearTimeout(t);
});