# Can a Change node access its own context?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-a-change-node-access-its-own-context/80342>\
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**Created:** [5 August 2023 22:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-a-change-node-access-its-own-context/80342 "2023-08-05T22:22:20Z")\
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I and others have raised this feature request in the past and I think Nick is quite happy for someone to come up with a PR to implement it

But it's not a priority for the core team

> [@AndreKR](#):
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> For example I if I want to compare a value with the value from the previous message

There is this often missed feature in the switch node

> [@\[Feature Request\]Let change nodes access local context](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/feature-request-let-change-nodes-access-local-context/29491/12):
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> The switch node can already compare to previous value...

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