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Jan 31th 2013 01:37 pm 4641077 01325

The clearInterval method has to be used to stop the setInterval call.

The setInterval method returns ID which can be used as the parameter for the clearInterval method.

var intervalID = setInterval( myFunction, 5000 );
clearInterval( intervalID );

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