_.delay() - killing the timer

Question

Just curious if there is a way to kill the timer in the `_.delay` function in the `underscore.js` library. It is using `setTimeout()` in the annotated source but I can't figure out the actual way to do this. An example would be: ``` _.delay(this.functionName, 5000) ``` If this has not been called at 3 seconds and I want to stop `functionName` being called, can I kill the timer early?

Accepted Answer

```
var timerId = _.delay(this.functionName, 5000); //save the timerid in a variable
clearTimeout(timerId); //Kill the timer
```

_.delay() - killing the timer

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