clearInterval

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• setInterval returns an identifier that can later be used to stop the scheduled process.
• clearInterval will stop a scheduled process.

examples/basic/with_clearinterval.js

var intervalId = setInterval(function() {
    console.log("world");
}, 1000);

setTimeout(function() {
    console.log("Calling clearInterval");
    clearInterval(intervalId);
}, 3030);

console.log("hello");

$ node examples/basic/with_clearinterval.js

hello
world
world
world
Calling clearInterval