hello there fellows

i got a question regarding functions in JavaScript. how can i stop executing a function
which calls itself using setTimeout() method. For example, consider following functions:

var time = 0;

function start()
{
    //start the timer
    time++;
    setTimeout("start(" + time + ")",1000);
}

function resetTimer()
{
    time = 0;
    return time;
}


now if i call the start() function for the first time, there's no problem but when i call resetTimer() and then again start() function,
the timeout seems to be going crazy fast - it doesn't increment time variable every second but it gets a lot faster. Every time i call start() function, time variable gets increased much faster every 1 second. I think you know what i mean. what i want is to call start function even million times but still the time variable will increase every second.

thanx :D:D


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I had no problem! of course by changeing a liitle bit ur code!!!
1. u used the start by argument but there is no parameter in creation!
2. u can use start function in setTimeout() without any () like: setTimeout(start, 1000);
3. I had problem in using start name for my function. what is ur Browser & version?!

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