Easy function question

[trombose009]

Hey,

I am using a get method on a http request node to get a temperature value from my heating.
It ends up in a function:
msg.payload = [{temp: msg.payload.eta.value[0].$.strValue},{room: "aussen"}]
return msg
unfortunately, the value in my array is like this:
temp: "7.5" (Degrees)
and not as it should be
temp: 7.5

So how can I remove these quotation marks?

Greetings

[Steve-Mcl]

Surround the assignment value with parseInt()

msg.payload = [{temp: parseInt(msg.payload.eta.value[0].$.strValue)},{room: "aussen"}]

Ps,

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[trombose009]

thanks, it works

[Steve-Mcl]

It has been pointed out to me I should have said parseFloat not parseInt

I mislead you. I'm tired lol

[trombose009]

Oh, what Happens If i do parsint?

[Steve-Mcl]

parseInt will turn "7.5" into 7
parseFloat will turn "7.5" into 7.5

[trombose009]

Ah, of course! I was just wondering...

[trombose009]

Hey Steve,

I still have the problem, that e.g. 10.8 transforms into 10.
I do it like this now:

msg.payload = [{temp: parseFloat(msg.payload.eta.value[0].$.strValue)},{room: "aussen"}]
return msg

debugging result looks like this:

[Steve-Mcl]

10,8 is not 10.8

you will need to replace "," with "."

e.g...

parseFloat(msg.payload.eta.value[0].$.strValue.replace(',','.').replace(' ',''))

[trombose009]

that's it. thx