# Help with splitting Buffer

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-splitting-buffer/40446
**Category:** General
**Created:** [5 February 2021 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-splitting-buffer/40446 "2021-02-05T15:56:07Z")
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### Author: ![diaz\_1988](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@diaz\_1988](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diaz_1988)
#### Post date: [5 February 2021 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-splitting-buffer/40446/1 "2021-02-05T15:56:08Z")

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Hey all, could someone help with this ? I want to split from (buffer 2) the (0) element as it is shown in the pic but since now i have not managet to do it . Thanks in advance.

 ![node red forum](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/e/5ede968a4f69562483068333ce723e58a842e30b.png)

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### Author: ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [5 February 2021 15:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-splitting-buffer/40446/2 "2021-02-05T15:58:41Z")

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There’s a great page in the docs that will explain how to use the debug panel to find the right path to any data item.

[https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/messages](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/messages)

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### Author: ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [5 February 2021 16:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-splitting-buffer/40446/3 "2021-02-05T16:00:37Z")

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At a closer look, you are working with modbus data. A good node for helping with converting all the buffer values into nicely named and formatted floats/ints/UINTS/bits etc is [node-red-contrib-buffer-parser](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-buffer-parser).

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### Author: ![diaz\_1988](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@diaz\_1988](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/diaz_1988)
#### Post date: [5 February 2021 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-splitting-buffer/40446/4 "2021-02-05T16:04:02Z")

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Thanks Steve i ll give it a go .

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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: [6 April 2021 16:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-with-splitting-buffer/40446/5 "2021-04-06T16:04:11Z")

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