# Collect msg.payload of one node into one string

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/collect-msg-payload-of-one-node-into-one-string/55151>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [14 December 2021 07:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/collect-msg-payload-of-one-node-into-one-string/55151 "2021-12-14T07:55:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![hanine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@hanine](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hanine)\
**Post date:** [14 December 2021 07:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/collect-msg-payload-of-one-node-into-one-string/55151/1 "2021-12-14T07:55:20Z")

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Hello everyone  
How can i collect the msg.payload of a node into one string  
thank you in advance

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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:** [14 December 2021 09:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/collect-msg-payload-of-one-node-into-one-string/55151/2 "2021-12-14T09:33:36Z")

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I am afraid it is not clear what you are trying to do. Please feed the message you have into a debug node so we can see what is there, and tell us _exactly_ what you want to convert it to.

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**Author:** ![mickym2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/mickym2/32/36128_2.png) [@mickym2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/mickym2)\
**Post date:** [14 December 2021 10:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/collect-msg-payload-of-one-node-into-one-string/55151/3 "2021-12-14T10:47:54Z")

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Use the join node and use manual to create a string with or without a separator char.

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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:** [28 December 2021 10:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/collect-msg-payload-of-one-node-into-one-string/55151/4 "2021-12-28T10:48:19Z")

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