Prabhdeep Singh

Explain clearTimeout() function in Node.js

Prabhdeep Singh

Updated on 17-Mar-2023 579 Views

There is a timer module in node.js that is used to schedule timers and carry out specific functions at a later time. In Node.js the JavaScript function clearTimeout() is used to halt the execution of the setTimeout() function by using the timeoutID returned by a specific setTimeout() function call. This function does nothing if the timeoutID didn't match for any prior calls or if an invalid value is given. The setTimeout() JavaScript function executes the specified code after the user-specified amount of time or delay, and it returns an ID, which is a positive integer commonly referred to as the ...