Countdown

Question

Okay, so made a simple countdown and tried using clearInterval when the time reaches 0 but my clear Intterval don’t work and it goes below 0

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Answer 1

You didn't assign the timer ID to any variable. And you call setInterval() method in a wrong place (inside the prompt() method).

You need to assign timer ID (returned by setInterval() method) to a variable and use that ID when you want to stop the timer.

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_setinterval.asp

Answer 2

Okay, one question, so when you get rid of the if(mytime >= 0) and you change the else statement to if(mytime == 0) {
clearInterval(mytime) why doesnt it work when i do tgat?

Answer 3

Nevermind i ubdertaand

Answer 4

Okay, so isthere any way for me to loop this? I tried but it didnt work

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Answer 5

Okay, ye ye just testing a few rhing so why doesnt this work? FF9900

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Answer 6

So you always do that?

Answer 7

Okay, so why is this not working? My alert for my loase button is not working

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Answer 8

Can you explain why mine didnt work so i can undertaand to know what to do next time? FF9900

Answer 9

Okay, thanks but why do tou have “?” in the code what do they do? FF9900

Answer 10

Thank you this will help me later on! And should i always use window.onload or when should i use it?

Answer 11

Okay, trying to add a pause button do you know how to fix?

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Answer 12

Jeez your good, okay i dont need the pause button, but can gou make me a reset and a start button?