Stop a time out timer in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to stop a time out timer.

Example


<!--from   ww  w .  ja  v  a2s  .  c o m-->
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var timeoutId = setTimeout(function() {
document.writeln("Hello world!");
}, 1000);

clearTimeout(timeoutId);

</script>
</body>
</html>

Click to view the demo

The code above generates the following result.

Stop a time out timer in JavaScript
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