text: import { startWith as higherOrder } from 'rxjs/operators';
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  /**
   * Returns an Observable that emits the items you specify as arguments before it begins to emit
   * items emitted by the source Observable.
   *
   * <img src="./img/startWith.png" width="100%">
   *
   * @param {...T} values - Items you want the modified Observable to emit first.
   * @param {Scheduler} [scheduler] - A {@link IScheduler} to use for scheduling
   * the emissions of the `next` notifications.
   * @return {Observable} An Observable that emits the items in the specified Iterable and then emits the items
   * emitted by the source Observable.
   * @method startWith
   * @owner Observable
   */
  export function startWith() {
      var array = [];
      for (var _i = 0; _i < arguments.length; _i++) {
          array[_i] = arguments[_i];
      }
      return higherOrder.apply(void 0, array)(this);
  }
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