# How to push multiple array pdfmake

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**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 June 2022 06:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839 "2022-06-13T06:36:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 06:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/1 "2022-06-13T06:36:03Z")

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please help to guidline code How to push multiple arry pdfmake 1 page

```auto
var stuff = msg.payload[];

var dd = {
    content: stuff.map(function(item) {
        return { text: item, pageBreak: 'after'}
    })
};
msg.payload = dd;
return msg;

```

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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:** [13 June 2022 07:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/2 "2022-06-13T07:19:31Z")

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> [@chawana](#):
>
> `var stuff = msg.payload[];`

Firstly, this is not valid. And since you have not shown us what is inside msg.payload, I cannot say what the correct syntax is other than what you currently have will not work.

Show us in msg.payload?

**TIP 1:** Add a debug node & click the "copy value" button that appears under your mouse when you hover over the debug messages payload.

**TIP 2:** When you paste the copied payload, first press the `</>` code button on forum toolbar so that the data is surrounded by three ````` backticks

`````  
`like this`  
`````

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/3 "2022-06-13T07:21:44Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/9/f9208420cc98c6afc7c143293bdbdee00a08da5e.png)  
is an error

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/4 "2022-06-13T07:24:06Z")

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```auto
var stuff = [
    'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',
    'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb',
    'ccccccccccccccccccc',
    'ddddddddddddddddddd'
];

var dd = {
    content: stuff.map(function(item) {
        return { text: item, pageBreak: 'after'}
    })
};

```

is it working but i want to add msg.paylod instead of stuff

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/5 "2022-06-13T07:25:48Z")

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```auto
[{"id":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","type":"tab","label":"Flow 10","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"f96b02b55ebe2d58","type":"file","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","filename":"F:\\slip\\pdf\\1.pdf","appendNewline":true,"createDir":true,"overwriteFile":"true","encoding":"none","x":1000,"y":360,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"37c96646d34db589","type":"debug","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"back","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":870,"y":420,"wires":[]},{"id":"3718debef43e7a59","type":"inject","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"str","x":350,"y":360,"wires":[["4b9876df06a0af8c"]]},{"id":"9eaa3571d98597e1","type":"pdfmake","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"pdf","outputType":"Buffer","inputProperty":"payload","options":"{}","outputProperty":"payload","x":830,"y":360,"wires":[["f96b02b55ebe2d58"]]},{"id":"a4f73f0372576a79","type":"function","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","func":"var stuff = [\n 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',\n 'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb',\n 'ccccccccccccccccccc',\n 'ddddddddddddddddddd'\n];\nvar dd = {\n content: stuff.map(function(item) {\n return { text: item, pageBreak: 'after'}\n })\n};\nmsg.payload = dd;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":700,"y":340,"wires":[["9eaa3571d98597e1"]]},{"id":"78f93f8b856472b2","type":"convert","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","convertTo":"string","x":680,"y":420,"wires":[["a4f73f0372576a79"]]},{"id":"4b9876df06a0af8c","type":"random","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","low":1,"high":10,"inte":"true","property":"payload","x":480,"y":340,"wires":[["78f93f8b856472b2"]]}]

```

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**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/6 "2022-06-13T07:25:55Z")

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> [@chawana](#):
>
> is an error

Yes, I know it is an error - i already said it is invalid syntax.

> [@chawana](#):
>
> is it working but i want to add msg.paylod instead of stuff

If msg.payload contains this array then just change your first line of code to `var stuff = msg.payload`

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/7 "2022-06-13T07:28:24Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/6/66a942e462fe3794e9114ad4723737ec4a17d695.png)

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**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/8 "2022-06-13T07:29:50Z")

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That error means msg.payload is NOT an array. How did you set it?

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/9 "2022-06-13T07:37:04Z")

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i 'am not sure how to set pls advise thanks.

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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:** [13 June 2022 07:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/10 "2022-06-13T07:40:20Z")

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share your flow.

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/11 "2022-06-13T07:41:33Z")

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```auto
[{"id":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","type":"tab","label":"Flow 10","disabled":false,"info":"","env":[]},{"id":"f96b02b55ebe2d58","type":"file","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","filename":"F:\\slip\\pdf\\1.pdf","appendNewline":true,"createDir":true,"overwriteFile":"true","encoding":"none","x":1000,"y":360,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"37c96646d34db589","type":"debug","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"back","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":830,"y":300,"wires":[]},{"id":"3718debef43e7a59","type":"inject","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"ee","payloadType":"str","x":210,"y":360,"wires":[["a4f73f0372576a79"]]},{"id":"9eaa3571d98597e1","type":"pdfmake","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"pdf","outputType":"Buffer","inputProperty":"payload","options":"{}","outputProperty":"payload","x":830,"y":360,"wires":[["f96b02b55ebe2d58"]]},{"id":"a4f73f0372576a79","type":"function","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","func":"var stuff = msg.payload;\nvar dd = {\n content: stuff.map(function(item) {\n return { text: item, pageBreak: 'after'}\n })\n};\nmsg.payload = dd;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":560,"y":360,"wires":[["9eaa3571d98597e1","37c96646d34db589"]]}]

```

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**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/12 "2022-06-13T07:51:08Z")

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This will never work. Your inject only has a string of `ee`

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/b/3/b327a9147d101567461c3ae376cfb58033c609b2.png)

Where is your array of data?

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/13 "2022-06-13T07:58:33Z")

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sorry my point when reciving paylod 1 by 1 but pdf file can't new line in content

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**Author:** ![dynamicdave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dynamicdave/32/96_2.png) [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 07:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/14 "2022-06-13T07:58:43Z")

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There are some good examples on the playground section of '[pdfmake.org](http://pdfmake.org)' that might help you.

[http://pdfmake.org/playground.html](http://pdfmake.org/playground.html)

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 08:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/15 "2022-06-13T08:05:06Z")

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Thnaks dynamicdave but i need get data from msg.paylaod wirte to pdf file,  
issue is need to new line in conntent

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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:** [13 June 2022 08:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/16 "2022-06-13T08:30:03Z")

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> [@chawana](#):
>
> reciving paylod 1 by 1 but pdf file can't new line in content

You should have made this clear from the start.

You need to build up the array THEN send it.

e.g. ...

![chrome_bW2lrEMTYw](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/e/6e19c6cbb9872103369e8207a3168de2f5294e4b.gif)

```auto
[{"id":"3718debef43e7a59","type":"inject","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"add","payload":"hello","payloadType":"str","x":360,"y":320,"wires":[["a4f73f0372576a79"]]},{"id":"a4f73f0372576a79","type":"function","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"reset/add/get","func":"const lines = context.get(\"lines\") || [];\nif(msg.topic === \"reset\") {\n context.set(\"lines\", [])\n node.status({fill:\"grey\",shape:\"dot\",text:\"\"});\n return\n}\nif (msg.topic === \"get\") {\n msg.payload = lines\n node.status({ fill: \"green\", shape: \"dot\", text: `${lines.length} line(s) released` });\n return msg\n}\n\nif (msg.topic === \"add\") {\n lines.push(msg.payload)\n}\nnode.status({ fill:\"yellow\",shape:\"dot\",text:`${lines.length} line(s) ready to send`});\ncontext.set(\"lines\", lines)","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":570,"y":360,"wires":[["2f945b5388f9214f","c8efb2da664fc5f4"]]},{"id":"2f945b5388f9214f","type":"function","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"create dd","func":"var stuff = msg.payload;\nvar dd = {\n content: stuff.map(function (item) {\n return { text: item, pageBreak: 'after' }\n })\n};\nmsg.payload = dd;\nreturn msg;\n","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":[],"x":760,"y":360,"wires":[["f21ce917cd8df9ef"]]},{"id":"f21ce917cd8df9ef","type":"debug","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"Send to pdfmake","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":true,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"payload","statusType":"msg","x":950,"y":360,"wires":[]},{"id":"6d25e378e79cd3fd","type":"inject","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"add","payload":"data","payloadType":"str","x":360,"y":360,"wires":[["a4f73f0372576a79"]]},{"id":"8bac8a988db17a5a","type":"inject","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"add","payload":"the end","payloadType":"str","x":370,"y":400,"wires":[["a4f73f0372576a79"]]},{"id":"3d2f253a649b2551","type":"inject","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","props":[{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"reset","x":350,"y":260,"wires":[["a4f73f0372576a79"]]},{"id":"d84fc13ec02e66e5","type":"inject","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","props":[{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"get","x":350,"y":460,"wires":[["a4f73f0372576a79"]]},{"id":"c8efb2da664fc5f4","type":"debug","z":"d8bcc25e815f0bc3","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":630,"y":320,"wires":[]}]

```

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 09:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/17 "2022-06-13T09:06:13Z")

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Hi Steve

i have multi payload in 1 time but wite to pdf is have 1 line  
so how to wite all payload to pdf

[{"id":"5e2273f4fb49e337","type":"tab","label":"Flow 11","disabled":false,"info":"","env":},{"id":"e359c36aa00d7f17","type":"inject","z":"5e2273f4fb49e337","name":"F:\testlog\fail","props":[{"p":"path","v":"F:\testlog\fail","vt":"str"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","x":270,"y":180,"wires":[["3d93ab7cae16d359"]]},{"id":"3d93ab7cae16d359","type":"fs-ops-dir","z":"5e2273f4fb49e337","name":"get directory listing","path":"path","pathType":"msg","filter":"_._","filterType":"str","dir":"payload","dirType":"msg","x":190,"y":280,"wires":[["17341aae0bdf6ee8"]]},{"id":"17341aae0bdf6ee8","type":"split","z":"5e2273f4fb49e337","name":"","splt":"\n","spltType":"str","arraySplt":1,"arraySpltType":"len","stream":false,"addname":"","x":390,"y":280,"wires":[["31485cf1e820b8b7"]]},{"id":"31485cf1e820b8b7","type":"function","z":"5e2273f4fb49e337","name":"create full path","func":"msg.file = msg.payload;\nmsg.filename = msg.path + "\\" + msg.file;\n//msg.filename = msg.path ;\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","libs":,"x":130,"y":340,"wires":[["aad96892095bb134"]]},{"id":"aad96892095bb134","type":"delay","z":"5e2273f4fb49e337","name":"delay for viewing purposes","pauseType":"rate","timeout":"5","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"2","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":false,"allowrate":false,"outputs":1,"x":380,"y":340,"wires":[["407107c557a49f5c"]]},{"id":"407107c557a49f5c","type":"file in","z":"5e2273f4fb49e337","name":"","filename":"","format":"lines","chunk":false,"sendError":false,"encoding":"none","allProps":false,"x":600,"y":320,"wires":[["baed69a352954f6e"]]},{"id":"baed69a352954f6e","type":"switch","z":"5e2273f4fb49e337","name":"","property":"payload","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"cont","v":"{@RPT|","vt":"str"}],"checkall":"true","repair":false,"outputs":1,"x":730,"y":320,"wires":[["91fa19a0c0711e29"]]},{"id":"91fa19a0c0711e29","type":"function","z":"5e2273f4fb49e337","name":"build document definition","func":"//setup base document definition\nconst docdef = {\n "pageSize": "A4",\n "pageOrientation": "portrait",\n "pageMargins": [\n 40,\n 60,\n 40,\n 60\n],\n "info": {\n "title": "awesome Document",\n "author": "john doe",\n "subject": "subject of document",\n "keywords": "keywords for document"\n },\n "content": [\n // {\n // "text": msg.payload,\n \n // "style": "header"\n // },\n // "This report gives an short overview, of the last work-shift data.",\n // {\n // "text": msg.payload,\n // "style": "subheader"\n // },\n // {\n // "text": "The following chart and table give an overview about the scanner-rates. Both include the global mean values of all scanners that are connected to the edge (including all PLCs)."\n // },\n \n // {\n // "text": msg.payload,\n \n // "style": "subheader"\n // },\n // "\n",\n // {\n // "table": {\n // "body": [\n // ["Timestamp", "GRRate", "NRRate"],\n // ["2021-01-26 14:30", 20, 80]\n // ]\n // }\n // },\n // "\n",\n // {\n // "text": "WMS Response-Times",\n // "style": "subheader"\n // },\n // {\n // "text": "The following chart and table give an overview about the WMS Response-Times. 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```

---

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 09:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/18 "2022-06-13T09:06:52Z")

</div>

```auto
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```

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**Author:** ![chawana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chawana](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chawana)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2022 09:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/19 "2022-06-13T09:09:01Z")

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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:** [13 June 2022 09:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-push-multiple-array-pdfmake/63839/20 "2022-06-13T09:44:43Z")

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Use the function I wrote for you...

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/c/a/cad12ed527339be78ccb2d827fadd1e9fb356133.png)

```auto
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```

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