Start a timer and cancel a timer in JavaScript
Description
The following code shows how to start a timer and cancel a timer.
Example
<!-- ww w. j a va2 s .c o m-->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
var myTimer;
function fireIt () {
var now = new Date();
var displayStr = now + "\r\n";
window.document.theForm.myOutput.value = displayStr;
}
function startIt () {
myTimer = setInterval("fireIt()", 1000);
}
function stopIt() {
clearInterval(myTimer);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE>
<FORM name="theForm">
<input type=button value="Start!" onClick="startIt ();">
<input type=button value="Stop!" onClick="stopIt();">
<textarea name="myOutput" cols = 60 rows=20></textarea>
</FORM>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
The code above generates the following result.
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