{"id":799,"date":"2023-04-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/?p=799"},"modified":"2023-04-12T14:28:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T21:28:39","slug":"rxjs-skipwhile-operator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/rxjs-skipwhile-operator\/","title":{"rendered":"RxJs skipWhile operator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our RxJS operator of the week is <code><a href=\"https:\/\/rxjs.dev\/api\/operators\/skipWhile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">skipWhile<\/a><\/code>. This operator will ignore values emitted by an Observable as long as a given condition is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rxmarbles.com\/#skipWhile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">marble diagram<\/a>&nbsp;looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1006\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-27.png 1006w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-27-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-27-768x237.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The above example shows us that as long as the emitted values are less than 5, they get skipped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are some everyday use cases for\u00a0<code>skipWhile<\/code>? Here is an example where I want to wait for the user to type at least two characters in a form input before we start filtering (an addition to last week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/rxjs-startwith-operator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><code>startWith<\/code> example<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-28.png 584w, https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-28-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That way, the <code>filter$<\/code> observable starts emitting values only when the source <code>FormControl<\/code> value has a length of at least two characters, which results in the following behavior:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/skipWhile.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-802\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This can be used to delay querying a server-side API with HTTP to start filtering only once we have enough meaningful data. This is somewhat similar to what can be done with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angulartraining.com\/daily-newsletter\/rxjs-debouncetime-operator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><code>debounceTime<\/code> operator<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see the complete&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stackblitz.com\/edit\/angular-filtering-rxjs-wd6wo3?file=src%2Fapp%2Fapp.component.ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">example here on Stackblitz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our RxJS operator of the week is skipWhile. This operator will ignore values emitted by an Observable as long as a given condition is true. Its&nbsp;marble diagram&nbsp;looks like this: The above example shows us that as long as the emitted values are less than 5, they get skipped. What are some everyday use cases for\u00a0skipWhile? 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