Exiting setInterval method in javascript

Question

I have a setInterval () function that is used as follows

setInterval(function(){ if(window.document.drops.isFinished()){ //I want to exit the setInterval() on executing this if } },1000); 

or tell me what the exit method is. (In java we use System.exit (0))

Answer 1

  var timerId = setInterval(function(){ if(window.document.drops.isFinished()){ clearInterval(timerId); } },1000); 

If if this is not the last in the function and you want to “split” the execution, you might also want to add a return; after clearInterval .