# Multiple Messages on different outputs with delay

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**Created:** [21 May 2022 09:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/multiple-messages-on-different-outputs-with-delay/62911 "2022-05-21T09:59:39Z")\
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Found one alternate with delay node. But I want to achieve it in **function node**.

> [@Delay inside function node between messages?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/delay-inside-function-node-between-messages/3736/5):
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> This should do what you want, using just the delay node. [{"id":"55680c13.4953a4","type":"debug","z":"7920414b.cfa4f8","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","x":650,"y":120,"wires":[]},{"id":"85c8db46.a1272","type":"function","z":"7920414b.cfa4f8","name":"","func":"// msg.delay is in milliseconds\nvar msg1 = { payload:\"first out of output 1\", delay:10000 };\n// if msg.delay is undefined, the delay node uses default\nvar msg2 = { payload:\"…

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