Help with what I am seeing going through `template` node

[Trying_to_learn]

(NOT the GUI one)

This is the code:

[{"id":"46f61a5c.0b4104","type":"inject","z":"280a6f57.28406","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":110,"y":700,"wires":[["8cac52a0.8785c"]]},{"id":"8cac52a0.8785c","type":"moment","z":"280a6f57.28406","name":"","topic":"","input":"","inputType":"msg","inTz":"Australia/Sydney","adjAmount":0,"adjType":"days","adjDir":"add","format":"DD/MM/YY","locale":"en_AU","output":"","outputType":"msg","outTz":"Australia/Sydney","x":330,"y":700,"wires":[["660ee550.29552c"]]},{"id":"660ee550.29552c","type":"change","z":"280a6f57.28406","name":"Position","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"x","pt":"msg","to":"x","tot":"flow"},{"t":"set","p":"y","pt":"msg","to":"2","tot":"num"},{"t":"set","p":"separator","pt":"msg","to":"separator","tot":"flow"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":120,"y":790,"wires":[["6917a797.4f08a8"]]},{"id":"6917a797.4f08a8","type":"string","z":"280a6f57.28406","name":"","methods":[],"prop":"payload","propout":"payload","object":"msg","objectout":"msg","x":310,"y":790,"wires":[["f68e0e37.99ddf","2f55bb51.91bc84"]]},{"id":"f68e0e37.99ddf","type":"debug","z":"280a6f57.28406","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","x":420,"y":840,"wires":[]},{"id":"2f55bb51.91bc84","type":"template","z":"280a6f57.28406","name":"Template","field":"payload","fieldType":"msg","format":"handlebars","syntax":"mustache","template":"{{x}},{{y}}{{separator}}{{payload}}","output":"str","x":500,"y":790,"wires":[["4c369444.93aa04","fcc95cd.d2b51a"]]},{"id":"4c369444.93aa04","type":"link out","z":"280a6f57.28406","name":"","links":["81758ae7.d5bd6"],"x":605,"y":790,"wires":[]},{"id":"fcc95cd.d2b51a","type":"debug","z":"280a6f57.28406","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","x":630,"y":740,"wires":[]}]

I want to get the date go through the template node.

Going in I see:

27/07/20

Coming out:
(given the flow values are set)

5,2@27/07/20

5 = x
2 = y
@ = separator

The / is being turned into .... &#x2f

Which I guess is the hex code for the /.

Sorry to ask the dumb question.

[zenofmud]

change your debug nodes to display the 'Complete msg object' and what do you see?

[Trying_to_learn]

Well, I see this:

{"_msgid":"9a51bee1.e7b48","topic":"","payload":"5,2@27/07/20","x":5,"y":2,"separator":"@"}

(What happened with the copy/paste from the debug window and showing formatted payloads where it would look like what it does in the debug panel?)

[zenofmud]

Ok, in your sample, no msg.x is created because it comes from flow.x which does not exist in the flow you submitted. I will hard code t and take a look.

[Trying_to_learn]

Check msg.separator as well! ("@")

[zenofmud]

Why are you using the string node? yoYou don't have any methods defined in it.

[Trying_to_learn]

Sorry, I think that is an artefact from another effort.

Don't forget flow.separator !!

[Trying_to_learn]

This is a bashup function node which gives the desired output:

msg.payload = msg.x + "," + msg.y + msg.separator + msg.mydom + "/" + msg.mymonthn + "/" + msg.myyear;
return msg;

For clarity:

[zenofmud]

If you look at the Info tab of the template node, you will see at the bottom

Note: By default, mustache will escape any non-alphanumeric or HTML entities in the values it substitutes. To prevent this, use {{{triple}}} braces.

knowing that, what should your template node look like?

[Trying_to_learn]

ARGH!

Sorry. I've been here before. It is because I not using it that often, I forget.

[zenofmud]

Don't worry, we all forget things - I had to go looking for that tidbit myself

[Trying_to_learn]

Looks good now.

I got a few problems nutted out. Things moving forward.