Emits the most recently emitted value from the source Observable whenever another Observable, the notifier, emits.

sample<T>(notifier: Observable<any>): MonoTypeOperatorFunction<T>

Parameters

Returns

MonoTypeOperatorFunction<T>: An Observable that emits the results of sampling the values emitted by the source Observable whenever the notifier Observable emits value or completes.

Description

It's like sampleTime, but samples whenever the notifier Observable emits something.

Whenever the notifier Observable emits a value or completes, sample looks at the source Observable and emits whichever value it has most recently emitted since the previous sampling, unless the source has not emitted anything since the previous sampling. The notifier is subscribed to as soon as the output Observable is subscribed.

Example

On every click, sample the most recent "seconds" timer

import { fromEvent, interval } from 'rxjs';
import { sample } from 'rxjs/operators';

const seconds = interval(1000);
const clicks = fromEvent(document, 'click');
const result = seconds.pipe(sample(clicks));
result.subscribe(x => console.log(x));

See Also

• audit
• debounce
• sampleTime
• throttle