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var stream = canStream.toStreamFromProperty(map, 'foo'); stream.onValue(function(value){ console.log(value); // -> foobar }); map.foo = "foobar"; </code></pre> <div class="parameters"> <h3 class="parameters-title">Parameters</h3> <ol> <li><b>An</b> <code>{Observable}</code>: <p>observable object</p> </li> <li><b>property</b> <code>{String}</code>: <p>name</p> </li> </ol> </div> <div class="returns"> <h3 class="returns-title">Returns</h3> <p> <code>{Stream}</code>: <p>A <a href="https://rpominov.github.io/kefir/">Kefir</a> stream.</p> </p> </div> </div> <section class="body"> </section> <script type="text/javascript"> var docObject = {"src":{"path":"node_modules/can-define-stream/node_modules/can-stream/docs/tostreamfromproperty.md"},"description":"Creates a stream on a {Observable} object that gets updated whenever the property value on the observable changes. \n","title":"toStreamFromProperty","name":"can-stream.toStreamFromProperty","type":"function","parent":"can-stream.fns","signatures":[{"code":"canStream.toStreamFromProperty( obs, propName )","description":"\n\n Creates a stream based on property value change on observable\n\n ```js\n var map = {\n foo: \"bar\"\n };\n var stream = canStream.toStreamFromProperty(map, 'foo');\n\n stream.onValue(function(value){\n console.log(value); 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