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### throttle
Creates a throttled function that only invokes the provided function at most once per every `wait` milliseconds
Use `setTimeout()` and `clearTimeout()` to throttle the given method, `fn`.
Use `Function.apply()` to apply the `this` context to the function and provide the necessary `arguments`.
Use `Date.now()` to keep track of the last time the throttled function was invoked.
Omit the second argument, `wait`, to set the timeout at a default of 0 ms.
```js
const throttle = (fn, wait) => {
let inThrottle, lastFn, lastTime;
return function() {
const context = this,
args = arguments;
if (!inThrottle) {
fn.apply(context, args);
lastTime = Date.now();
inThrottle = true;
} else {
clearTimeout(lastFn);
lastFn = setTimeout(function() {
if (Date.now() - lastTime >= wait) {
fn.apply(context, args);
lastTime = Date.now();
}
}, wait - (Date.now() - lastTime));
}
};
};
```
```js
window.addEventListener(
'resize',
throttle(function(evt) {
console.log(window.innerWidth);
console.log(window.innerHeight);
}, 250)
); // Will log the window dimensions at most every 250ms
```