# Does setInterval actually work?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-setinterval-actually-work/268207>\
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**Created:** [August 11, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-setinterval-actually-work/268207 "2008-08-11T13:04:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![scag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scag)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/does-setinterval-actually-work/268207/1 "2008-08-11T13:04:36Z")

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Ok ive taken my previous post and am just focusing on the setInterval

Why does this example not work???

var numberOfTimes:Number = 0;  
var checkInterval:Number = 0;  
this.clearInterval(checkInterval);  
this.checkInterval = setInterval(watchMyInterval, 100);

function watchMyInterval()  
{[INDENT] trace(numberOfTimes);[INDENT] if (numberOfTimes == 5)  
{[INDENT] this.clearInterval(checkInterval);  
trace(“this.clearInterval(checkInterval);”);  
[/INDENT]}  
[/INDENT]numberOfTimes++;  
[/INDENT]}