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Created February 17, 2014 14:33
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throttle function
function throttle(fn, threshhold, scope) {
threshhold || (threshhold = 250);
var last,
deferTimer;
return function () {
var context = scope || this;
var now = +new Date,
args = arguments;
if (last && now < last + threshhold) {
// hold on to it
clearTimeout(deferTimer);
deferTimer = setTimeout(function () {
last = now;
fn.apply(context, args);
}, threshhold);
} else {
last = now;
fn.apply(context, args);
}
};
}
//example
$('body').on('mousemove', throttle(function (event) {
console.log('tick');
}, 1000));
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