To stop the loop, use clearInterval() in JavaScript.
Example
Following is the code −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<body>
<script>
var start = 0;
var limit = 200;
var scroll = setInterval(() => this.startScrollDown(), 20);
function startScrollDown() {
window.scrollBy(0, 1000);
console.log(start)
if (start == limit) clearInterval(scroll);
start++;
}
</script>
</html>To run the above program, save the file name anyName.html(index.html) and right click on the file. Select the option “Open with live server” in VS Code editor.
Output
This will produce the following output −
