# Repeat node x times
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-node-x-times/6657
**Category:** General
**Created:** [10 January 2019 12:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-node-x-times/6657 "2019-01-10T12:55:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@IvarMvl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/IvarMvl)
#### Post date: [10 January 2019 12:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-node-x-times/6657/1 "2019-01-10T12:55:51Z")
hi just asking if there is a way for a signal to go through a nodes first output x amount of time
and after that go to the second output of the node
thanks in advance,
I
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [10 January 2019 12:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-node-x-times/6657/2 "2019-01-10T12:58:43Z")
what node are you talking about?
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### Author:  [@IvarMvl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/IvarMvl)
#### Post date: [10 January 2019 13:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-node-x-times/6657/3 "2019-01-10T13:01:20Z")
thats the thing i dont know, maybe a function?
I was just asking if the is a way and how.
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [10 January 2019 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-node-x-times/6657/4 "2019-01-10T13:41:49Z")
Sure you can use a function to output to two outputs and have code deciding which to go to
take a look at [https://nodered.org/docs/writing-functions#multiple-outputs](https://nodered.org/docs/writing-functions#multiple-outputs)
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [10 January 2019 13:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/repeat-node-x-times/6657/5 "2019-01-10T13:44:31Z")
There is also [https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-repeat](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-repeat)