I'd like to trigger a flow x times where x == msg.payload. Due to the inherent asynchronicity, the following function fails: var count = parseInt(msg.payload); var i = 0; while ( i < count) { i++; node.send(msg); } What am I missing?

One way it could be failing is that you are sending the same msg object multiple times. As JavaScript passes references around, if your flow modifies the msg object, you'll find all instances of the msg have modified. The runtime clones messages to avoid this, but it also tried to avoid doing so if…

When the payload is "4" I get four messages at once that don't get individually delayed by the following delay node.

The payload is a string and it get's converted to a number.

Thanks for the hint. I tried it but it doesn't help. The following delay node does not treat the input as individual messages. [{"id":"acf0af31.be2a58","type":"function","z":"e4c2ecf.f5a731","name":"convert to int","func":"var count = parseInt(msg.payload);\nvar i = 0;\nwhile ( i < count) {\n i++;\…

[image] yesdred: When the payload is "4" I get four messages at once that don't get individually delayed by the following delay node You never mentioned a delay. And yes you will get 4 messages almost instantaneously. If you use a delay with rate limit that may achieve what you want?

For clarity, the delay (as a delay) will delay the messages for the specified time. So if you have a delay of 5 sec, and send 4 messages at once, all 4 will be delayed for 5 secs then be sent pretty much 5 secs later (i.e. together 5secs after they arrived).

Rate limited [{"id":"171282d9.1e907d","type":"function","z":"f57e8780.400c68","name":"convert to int","func":"var count = parseInt(msg.payload);\nvar i = 0;\nwhile ( i < count) {\n i++;\n node.send(RED.util.cloneMessage(msg));\n}\n","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":250,"y":80,"wires":[["f8c02a35.5ffc88"]]…

Thanks, Steve. I feel embarrassed. Sorry for the post. Rate limiting, of course, leads to the wanted result.

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Steve-Mcl 4 May 2019 21:07 3

It looks ok.

Are you certain payload contains a number? Add a debug to output of node before this node to check

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