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In this video, we'll explore one-off timers with the `setTimeout` function.
Syntax
setTimeout(callback, delay);
Where callback
is a function and delay
is the number of milliseconds until the callback is invoked.
Canceling a Timeout
To cancel a timeout before the callback is executed assign the timeout to a variable and call the clearTimeout
function.
const timeoutID = setTimeout(callback, delay);
//Clears the timeout immediately
clearTimeout(timeoutID);
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