node-red-contrib-bigsplitter 1.0.3
A Node-RED node to split arrays into seperate messages, making it easy to loop over with control messages. Original work by Leon van Kammen
This node iterates over an array. Original work by Leon van Kammen, http://coderofsalvation.github.io / http://github.com/coderofsalvation
"big" tweak by me
The original work and idea
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-red-contrib-splitter
The fork
In order to get the information over the start and the end, I've made some tweaks
Here is the original help and documentation from Leon van Kammen
In the end 'splitter' is the best name imho. More info here
Why a node?
Well..look at this image, and then imagine using 10 loops in a similar way:
Got the point? With visual progarmming the Deutsch Limit seems to lure around every corner. Better to make a node for that.
Installation
Run:
npm install node-red-contrib-bigsplitter
Example
[{"id":"7c6e62ea.e2db7c","type":"bigsplitter","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"","property":"payload","x":384,"y":199,"wires":[[],[]]},{"id":"6722667a.9a7108","type":"bigsplitter","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"","property":"payload","x":381,"y":91,"wires":[["50e27884.e42888"],["d1bca856.6625f8"]]},{"id":"6b5eb21f.a9e65c","type":"inject","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"Go!","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":112,"y":91,"wires":[["b0eee2c1.98e38"]]},{"id":"b0eee2c1.98e38","type":"function","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"data","func":"msg.payload = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ]\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":240.5,"y":91,"wires":[["6722667a.9a7108"]]},{"id":"50e27884.e42888","type":"debug","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"data","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"payload","x":530.5,"y":69,"wires":[]},{"id":"d1bca856.6625f8","type":"debug","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"control","active":true,"console":"false","complete":"true","x":531,"y":123,"wires":[]},{"id":"cf5b3201.9fb9c","type":"comment","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"Sample bigsplitter usage","info":"","x":147.5,"y":45,"wires":[]},{"id":"a53aa76d.26d7a8","type":"inject","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"Go!","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"x":111,"y":199,"wires":[["4a3bd19d.d3261"]]},{"id":"4a3bd19d.d3261","type":"function","z":"38362b82.762cc4","name":"data","func":"var ret = []\nfor (i = 0; i < 2000; i++) {\n ret.push(i);\n}\nreturn {payload: ret}","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":247,"y":199,"wires":[["7c6e62ea.e2db7c"]]}]
Author
Leon van Kammen, http://coderofsalvation.github.io / http://github.com/coderofsalvation Jacques W, https://github.com/Jacques44
License
BSD
