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How to stop interval in js?

At the moment I'm trying to create a slideshow for pictures (when arrow is clicked, another picture slides in, all pictures are in a row in html). I'm not using scroll method. Images are moving, but seems like I can't stop the interval. I wanted to ask how to stop the interval? What is something that I'm missing?

const icons = document.querySelectorAll(".icons i");
const imageDiv = document.querySelector(".imageDiv");

let positionRight = 0;

function addPositionRight () {
    positionRight += 1;
    imageDiv.style.right = `${positionRight}%`;
}

icons[1].onclick = () => {
    setInterval(addPositionRight, 10);
    if (positionRight === 100) {
        clearInterval(addPositionRight)
    }
}

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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setInterval return an identifier which allow you to clear the interval

let myInterval;

function addPositionRight () {
    positionRight += 1;
    imageDiv.style.right = `${positionRight}%`;
    if (positionRight === 100) {
        clearInterval(myInterval);
    }
}

myInterval = setInterval(addPositionRight, 10);
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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The setInterval method returns a pointer to that interval, you then just pass it to the clearInteral

const interval = setInterval(() => {
    console.log('inside interval');
}, 500);

setTimeout(() => clearInterval(interval), 2000)
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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You have to use clearInterval method as follow,

const stopInterval = setInterval(addPositionRight, 10);

clearInterval(stopInterval) //<----- use it where you want to stop it.

more information: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_clearinterval.asp

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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