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# throttle

Ignores values from an observable sequence which are followed by another value before dueTime.

## Arguments

1. `dueTime` *(`Number`)*: Duration of the throttle period for each value (specified as an integer denoting milliseconds).
2. `[scheduler=Rx.Scheduler.timeout]` *(`Any`)*: Scheduler to run the throttle timers on. If not specified, the timeout scheduler is used.

## Returns

*(`Observable`)*: The throttled sequence.

## Example