Help with what's going on with code

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I'll put my hand up right now.

I'm stupid. I've been looking at this for a long enough time, and can't see what is WRONG with it.

Basically a message comes in.

true or false.

The code sticks an indication as the status and sends a message to a text node.

Either a RED or LIME BULLS EYE is shown.

I was running in circles as it wasn't updating according to the message.

So I got to code swapping with another (similar) node and that works.

(that is the 2 commented out lines)

So why aren't the longer versions working?

//   These two lines work.
//msg.payload = (x == true) ? '<font color = "lime"> <i class="fa fa-bullseye fa-2x" ></i></font>' : '<font color = "red"> <i class="fa fa-bullseye fa-2x" ></i></font>'
//return msg


//  But if I use this code, I get a `msg.payload` sent which looks the same but there is NOTHING
//  displayed.
if (x == true)
{
    node.status({ fill: "green", shape: "dot", text: "Connected" })
    msg = { "payload": '<font color = "lime"> <i class="fa fa-bullsexe fa-2x" ></i></font>'}
}
else
{
    node.status({ fill: "red", shape: "dot", text: "Dis-Connected" })
    msg = { "payload": '<font color = "red"> <i class="fa fa-bullsexe fa-2x" ></i></font>'}
}

return msg

Failed payload
{"payload":"<font color = \"lime\"> <i class=\"fa fa-bullsexe fa-2x\" ></i></font>","_msgid":"17de3addd73b2d13"}

Working payload
{"_msgid":"589efa1987a2d909","payload":"<font color = \"red\"> <i class=\"fa fa-bullseye fa-2x\" ></i></font>","topic":""}

Someone?
Please.

2

Font Awesome icon class fa-bullsexe — double-check the spelling.
There is no official fa-bullsexe. Perhaps you meant:

  • fa-bullseye :white_check_mark:
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Font Awesome icon class fa-bullsexe — double-check the spelling.
There is no official fa-bullsexe. Perhaps you meant:

  • fa-bullseye :white_check_mark:
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Thanks.

I couldn't see the wood for the trees.

Thanks.

(If only all were this easy to find.)
:wink: