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How to stop timer after ten seconds in javascript using setInterval and clearInterval?

I was wondering how can I stop a timer after ten seconds in javascript using setInterval and clearInterval?? Here's my code example, could you please tell me where I'm going wrong:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>

var tt=setInterval(function(){startTime()},1000);


function startTime()
{
  var today = new Date();
  var h=today.getHours();
  var m=today.getMinutes();
  var s=today.getSeconds();
  // add a zero in front of numbers<10
  m=checkTime(m);
  s=checkTime(s);
  today=checkTime(today);
  document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=s;

}

function checkTime(tt)
{
if (tt==10)
  {
    tt="0" + tt;
    console.log(tt);
    clearInterval(tt);
  }
return tt;
}
</script>
</head>

<body onload="startTime()">
<div id="txt"></div>
</body>
</html>
Solution

  • Since startTime() will run every second, make a counter to increment to 10 inside of it, then clear the interval.

    var tt=setInterval(function(){startTime()},1000);
var counter = 1;

function startTime()
{
  if(counter == 10) {
    clearInterval(tt);
  } else {
    counter++;
  }

  document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML= counter;  
}

    JSFiddle