doc/api/core/operators/pairwise.md
# This is RxJS v 4. [Find the latest version here](https://github.com/reactivex/rxjs)### `Rx.Observable.prototype.pairwise()`[Ⓢ](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/src/core/linq/observable/pairwise.js "View in source") Triggers on the second and subsequent triggerings of the input observable. The Nth triggering of the input observable passes the arguments from the N-1th and Nth triggering as a pair. #### Returns*(`Observable`)*: An observable that triggers on successive pairs of observations from the input observable as an array. #### Example```jsvar r = Rx.Observable.range(1, 4); var source = r.pairwise(); var subscription = source.subscribe( function (x) { console.log('Next: ' + JSON.stringify(x)); }, function (err) { console.log('Error: ' + err); }, function () { console.log('Completed'); }); // => Next: [1,2]// => Next: [2,3]// => Next: [3,4]// => Completed``` #### Example (Draw line)```html<canvas id="canvas" width="600" height="600"/>``` ```jsvar canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");var g = canvas.getContext("2d");g.rect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);g.fillStyle = "rgb(0,0,0)";g.fill(); var mouseMove = Rx.Observable.fromEvent(document, 'mousemove');var mouseDown = Rx.Observable.fromEvent(document.getElementById('canvas'), 'mousedown');var mouseUp = Rx.Observable.fromEvent(document.getElementById('canvas'), 'mouseup'); mouseDown.flatMap(function(ev) { return mouseMove.map(function(ev) { return { x: ev.clientX, y: ev.clientY }; }).pairwise().takeUntil(mouseUp); }).subscribe(function(pos) { g.beginPath(); g.lineWidth = 1; g.strokeStyle = "rgb(255, 0, 0)"; g.moveTo(pos[0].x, pos[0].y); g.lineTo(pos[1].x, pos[1].y); g.stroke();});``` ### Location File:- [`/src/core/linq/observable/pairwise.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/src/core/linq/observable/pairwise.js) Dist:- [`rx.all.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.all.js)- [`rx.all.compat.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.all.compat.js)- [`rx.coincidence.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.coincidence.js) NPM Packages:- [`rx`](https://www.npmjs.org/package/rx) NuGet Packages:- [`RxJS-All`](http://www.nuget.org/packages/RxJS-All/)- [`RxJS-Coincidence`](http://www.nuget.org/packages/RxJS-Coincidence/) Unit Tests:- [`/tests/observable/pairwise.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/tests/observable/pairwise.js)