// basic is that after every interval you have to stop and restart the interval
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var timing:Number = 3000;
// i am keeping the intervalId so that it will help me in clearing the interval
var intervalId:uint = setInterval(showMessage,timing);
function showMessage()
{
trace("hello");
timing -= 1000;
trace(timing);
// it cannot be negative, below condition will help to sort that
if (timing<=0)
{
timing = 1;
}
// stop the interval
clearInterval(intervalId);
// start the interval
intervalId = setInterval(showMessage,timing);
}
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