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delay
signature: delay(delay: number | Date, scheduler: Scheduler): Observable
Delay emitted values by given time.
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Examples
Example 1: Delay to recognize long press
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import { fromEvent, of } from 'rxjs';
import { mergeMap, delay, takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators';
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const mousedown$ = fromEvent(document, 'mousedown');
const mouseup$ = fromEvent(document, 'mouseup');
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mousedown$
  .pipe(mergeMap(event => of(event).pipe(delay(700), takeUntil(mouseup$))))
  .subscribe(event => console.log('Long Press!', event));
Example 2: Delay for increasing durations
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// RxJS v6+
import { of, merge } from 'rxjs';
import { mapTo, delay } from 'rxjs/operators';
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//emit one item
const example = of(null);
//delay output of each by an extra second
const message = merge(
  example.pipe(mapTo('Hello')),
  example.pipe(mapTo('World!'), delay(1000)),
  example.pipe(mapTo('Goodbye'), delay(2000)),
  example.pipe(mapTo('World!'), delay(3000))
);
//output: 'Hello'...'World!'...'Goodbye'...'World!'
const subscribe = message.subscribe(val => console.log(val));
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​Transformation operator: delay and delayWhen​
🎥 💵 - André Staltz
📁 Source Code: https://github.com/ReactiveX/rxjs/blob/master/src/internal/operators/delay.ts​
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Delay emitted values by given time.
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