Hello, A very basic noob question that I'm struggling to figure out. I have 2 payloads with numeric values and I need to compare them to find out which is larger at any given time. I think this is done with the function node but writing the code is beyond me and I'm guessing this function has alr…

hi, Thank you for the suggestions but I have figured out how to do it without code by using a change node to place one value into a variable then a switch node to compare that with the the second value

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dceejay 18 November 2021 11:33 4

maybe this thread will help Compare two values to generate a difference value

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