Loop a certain amount of times - redux-observable

Question

I have an action, that gets a payload of .times. I want to loop something this many times, I did this:
function upAsyncEpic(action$: Observable<Action>, state$: StateObservable<State>): Observable<Action> {
return action$.pipe(
ofType(UP_ASYNC),
delay(1000),
mapTo(up())
);
}
This will not loop it will only happen once. I want it to loop the "delay" then "mapTo" action.times times. I tried this:
return action$.pipe(
ofType(UP_ASYNC),
repeat(action => action.times),
delay(1000),
mapTo(up())
);
But this did not work. Super brand new to redux-observables, just learning.
Basically what I want is if someone dispatches action { type: 'UP_ASYNC', times: 5 } what should happen is this:
delay(1000),
mapTo(up())
delay(1000),
mapTo(up())
delay(1000),
mapTo(up())
delay(1000),
mapTo(up())
delay(1000),
mapTo(up())

Answer 1

Problem: repeat() takes an integer as an argument for the count to repeat.
Signature:
repeat(count: number): Observable.
Documentation.
Example from learnrxjs
Your example will look something like this:
function upAsyncEpic(
action$: Observable<Action>,
state$: StateObservable<State>
): Observable<Action> {
let count = 0;
const source = action$.pipe(
ofType(UP_ASYNC),
map(({ times }) => {
count = times;
}),
delay(1000),
mapTo(up())
);
return source.pipe(repeat(count));
}