Hi when I assign the simple setTimeOut() function to a variable and console the variable, it produces some integer value as below:
So, I want clarification on what the value denotes. The value is changing when I try the same again. So please provide me an explanation of the value we get while assigning the setTimeOut() to a variable.
CodePudding user response：
The setTimeout function returns a unique id with which you can stop your setTimeout like this clearTimeout(timeoutID).
It’s the same with setInterval.
See here.
Greetings, Flo
CodePudding user response：
The function setTimeout() returns an identifier that you can use to prevent the execution of the function by calling clearTimeout()
CodePudding user response：
It is id returned from setTimeout() which used to clear the timeout
myTimeout = setTimeout(function, milliseconds);
clearTimeout(myTimeout);