Checking whether clearInterval has been called?
Given this code: bob = setInterval(function, 1000); clearInterval(bob); Is there now a way to know if that interval has been cleared? Currently, I keep track of this myself, by unsetting ' bob ', but I'm curious if my extra line of code is unnecessary: clearInterval(bob); bob = null; if (!bob) itIsCleared(); Thanks! Rich The return value of setInterval is just a unique id you use to pass back to clearInterval . It's not a structured object with any additional information, nor does it get set to null when you call clearTimeout . bob only contains an id of the interval used to clear it. When you