CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 51

Do I have to run clearInterval if I implemented setInterval like this

function start() {
    // code goes here
    setInterval(start, 1800000);
}

start();

as opposed to:

setInterval(start, 1800000);

I want to run start() immediately after I start my node.js server rather than wait 1800000 milliseconds.

Since I am repeatedly calling the setInterval function, do I have to clear it with clearInterval? How would I do so if that were the case?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 95

Answers (1)

gurvinder372
gurvinder372

Reputation: 68393

Since I am repeatedly calling the setInterval function, do I have to clear it with clearInterval?

You are basically creating a new timer every time start method is invoked, just replace setInterval with setTimeout since you are invoking start method again anyways which will create a new timer on every invocation.

function start() {
    // code goes here
    setTimeout(start, 1800000);
}

start();

Upvotes: 1

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