# Calendar Message Separation

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calendar-message-separation/46766>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [6 June 2021 09:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calendar-message-separation/46766 "2021-06-06T09:48:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![TurboKanne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/turbokanne/32/42545_2.png) [@TurboKanne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TurboKanne)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2021 09:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calendar-message-separation/46766/1 "2021-06-06T09:48:03Z")

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Hi, i managed to let my Office Speaker say when the Birthday Calendar contains an entry. Nest Mini then announces the Name of the entry. Very often this is only the name of the person having birthday. In some cases i have the Name and the Year of Birth in the Google calendar (to know the age of the person), like "Chester Thompson (1956)".

```auto
[{"id":"b68b2b61.836ef8","type":"inject","z":"50076042.9e6b9","name":"Stündlich 13 - 19 Uhr","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"*/2 11-18 * * *","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","x":180,"y":1000,"wires":[["d9ab86b2.e67d08"]]},{"id":"d9ab86b2.e67d08","type":"api-current-state","z":"50076042.9e6b9","name":"Geburtstag Eintrag","server":"d6fce7c.2c79718","version":2,"outputs":2,"halt_if":"on","halt_if_type":"str","halt_if_compare":"is","entity_id":"calendar.geburtstage","state_type":"str","blockInputOverrides":false,"outputProperties":[{"property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entityState"},{"property":"data","propertyType":"msg","value":"","valueType":"entity"}],"x":440,"y":1000,"wires":[["29bcde8e.0ecd12"],[]]},{"id":"29bcde8e.0ecd12","type":"api-call-service","z":"50076042.9e6b9","name":"Sprachausgabe Büro","server":"d6fce7c.2c79718","version":3,"debugenabled":false,"service_domain":"tts","service":"google_translate_say","entityId":"media_player.buro","data":"{\t \"message\": \"Heute hat {{data.attributes.message}} Geburtstag\" }","dataType":"json","mergecontext":"","mustacheAltTags":false,"outputProperties":[],"queue":"none","x":700,"y":1000,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"d6fce7c.2c79718","type":"server","name":"Home Assistant","version":1,"legacy":false,"addon":true,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":true,"cacheJson":true}]

```

Now i want the script to split the calendar.birthday.data.attributes.messages when it contains brackets "(" and change the output to a calculated age, like "today is Chester Thomposon birthday, turning 65 years.")

How can I manage this with Node-Red?

 ![Screenshot 2021-06-06 114658](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/a/3/a3f6fdd31ec483b981dce8c5eeaea6a04de7cf31.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2021 10:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calendar-message-separation/46766/2 "2021-06-06T10:36:02Z")

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Feed the message you need to manipulate into a debug node and show us what it says.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2021 10:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calendar-message-separation/46766/3 "2021-06-06T10:42:49Z")

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![Z3n32LITlo](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/a/9a1a87f6936321e44bf9b59d4f1803a2124c8944.gif)

Demo flow...

```auto
[{"id":"4f61066c5bc18716","type":"inject","z":"553814a2.1248ec","name":"Chester Thompson (1956)","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"Chester Thompson (1956)","payloadType":"str","x":1150,"y":2860,"wires":[["dda456ca1b45374e"]]},{"id":"dda456ca1b45374e","type":"function","z":"553814a2.1248ec","name":"","func":"msg.originalPayload = msg.payload;\nconst str = (msg.payload + \"\").trim();\n\nif (/(.*)\\((\\d+)\\)/gm.test(str)) {\n let parts = str.split(\"(\");\n if(parts.length == 2) {\n let name = (parts[0] + \"\").trim();\n let birthYear = parseInt(parts[1]);\n let nowYear = (new Date()).getFullYear()\n let age = nowYear - birthYear;\n msg.payload = `Today is ${name}'s birthday, turning ${age} years.`\n\n msg.name = name;\n msg.birthYear = birthYear;\n msg.age = age;\n }\n} else {\n msg.payload = `Today is ${str}'s birthday.`\n}\nnode.status({text:msg.payload});\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":1360,"y":2940,"wires":[["c37d26b34775e847"]]},{"id":"a61b30efd7639d26","type":"inject","z":"553814a2.1248ec","name":"Billy","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"Billy","payloadType":"str","x":1090,"y":2940,"wires":[["dda456ca1b45374e"]]},{"id":"1525291b6c00ed18","type":"inject","z":"553814a2.1248ec","name":"Fred Fredrikson (1972)","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"Fred Fredrikson (1972)","payloadType":"str","x":1140,"y":2900,"wires":[["dda456ca1b45374e"]]},{"id":"c37d26b34775e847","type":"debug","z":"553814a2.1248ec","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"payload","targetType":"msg","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":1520,"y":2940,"wires":[]}]

```

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**Author:** ![TurboKanne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/turbokanne/32/42545_2.png) [@TurboKanne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TurboKanne)\
**Post date:** [6 June 2021 11:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calendar-message-separation/46766/4 "2021-06-06T11:42:38Z")

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Wow @Steve-Mcl, that is absolutely **perfect**. Thanks soooo much !!! 😘

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [20 June 2021 11:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/calendar-message-separation/46766/5 "2021-06-20T11:43:22Z")

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