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Throttle

methods

Limits the number of calls to a function to one for a specified amount of time.

throttle

Parameters:fnFunction

The function to be throttled.

timeoutNumber

The amount of time that needs to pass before a subsequent function call is made.

Returns:Function

the throttled function

<script>
  var throttled = kendo.throttle(function() {
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
      console.log("hey! " + new Date());
  }, 100);

  // will log two times "hey":
  // (1) once for the first call
  // (2) once for the last call, roughly 100ms after the first one
  for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      throttled();
  }
</script>