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The clearTimeout() function is used in javascript to clear the timeout which has been set by setTimeout()function before that. i.e, The return value of setTimeout() function is stored in a variable and it’s passed into the clearTimeout() function to clear the timer.
For example, the below setTimeout method is used to display the message after 3 seconds. This timeout can be cleared by the clearTimeout() method.
javascript
1<script>
2 var msg;
3 function greeting() {
4 alert('Good morning');
5 }
6 function start() {
7 msg =setTimeout(greeting, 3000);
8
9 }
10
11 function stop() {
12 clearTimeout(msg);
13 }
14 </script>Advertisement
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