Removing event listener from a button.

I've added a "click" event listener to a button, but I'd like to remove it once the button is clicked, so it's not active/clickable any longer. Here's the basic code:
sym.$('button').click(function(){
//here I need to make this button not clickable any longer
Thank you.

one way...
sym.$('button').click(function(){
     //here I need to make this button not clickable any longer
     // do smething here then unbind click handler
            sym.$('button').unbind( "click" );
unbind documentation here.
hth
Darrell

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