# Filtering data and outputting to Function node with multiple outputs

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**Created:** [23 September 2023 01:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/filtering-data-and-outputting-to-function-node-with-multiple-outputs/81501 "2023-09-23T01:12:33Z")\
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To do it in the function after you split the payload you can do.

```auto
const output = []; 
const parts = msg.payload.split(",")
output[parts[2]-1] = {
    payload: {
        message_nr: parts[2]
        //add other items here
    }
}
return output;

```

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