setInterval repeat 3 time and kill

Hello,

well, i'm a bit loose with setInterval et clearInterval...
I need to repeat 3 time a function with a time of 200ms
I've tried this

id = setInterval( function(a,b,c) { console.log(a,b,c);} ,200, "foo", 25, id);

in the console it said

foo 25 undefined

i've tried to use the id and it "works" (it stop)

var idAnim;
var compteur = 0;

function anim(a,b,c) {
   compteur++;
   console.log(compteur,a,b,c);
   if (compteur >= a.length){ clearInterval(c); }
}

function onInit() {
  idAnim = setInterval( anim, 500, "foo", 0, idAnim);
}

and it stops after 3 time.

i've tried the same in a function in a setInterval and it stops all the setInterval

var idAnim;
var compteurAnim = 0;
var mot = "foo";

function texte(){
    idAnim = setInterval(function(a,y,c){
      console.log(a,y);
      compteurAnim++;
      if (compteurAnim >= a.length) { clearInterval(c);}
    }, 100, mot, 0, idAnim);
    mot+="foo";
}

function onInit() {
  setInterval( texte, 4000);
}

where i'm wrong?
is there a way to pass the id to function?
or is there a simple way to repeat a definite time a function?
i want to animate text letter by letter

regards

éric