I have a function that is continuously incrementing a value. I am trying to implement a reset button that would reset the value to 0 and prevent it from incrementing any more. However, the reset button only changes the value but the loop keeps on going. Here is the code that accomplishes that (the actual value that is increasing is not mentioned in this block, the counter variable is involved with the rate at which the value is increased):

var counter = 0;

function create() {
//creates stuff
}

var timer;


function loop() {
        create()
}

function counter() {
    clearInterval(timer)
    timer = setInterval(loop, 1000 / (2**counter))
}

And it works as expected. However, my reset button looks like this:

function reset() {
    counter = 0
    clearInterval(timer)
    timer = setInterval(loop, 0)

The counter just continues to increase at the same rate it was before the reset. Is it possible to terminate this process?