# Variables seem linked somehow

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** function-node\
**Created:** [3 October 2023 18:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747 "2023-10-03T18:46:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrallanH2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/brallanh2/32/40801_2.png) [@BrallanH2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BrallanH2)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2023 18:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/1 "2023-10-03T18:46:07Z")

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What I'm trying to do is:

1. Display a list (array of strings) of Downtime reasons.
2. User (via dashboard) selects the list using a dropdown
3. User selects which member to edit using a dropdown
4. User can update a list member using a Text Input
5. When a list is selected, a file is read and the payload is written to both the DisplayArray, and GlobalArray.

The above works fine. My problem is that my working/display array, and the original are getting updated immediately so the highlighting doesn't work. Only works if I update 1 manually with an inject etc.

1. When the user updates a member, it should only update the DisplayArray so the member is highlighted yellow due to not matching.

2. After a Save and Load, they should match and background is white. I took away updating the original on Save trying to troubleshoot. This issue has eaten about as much time as I should have used on the project.

I'm not sure if I posted my flow correctly:

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        "order": 2,
        "disabled": false,
        "hidden": false
    }
]

```

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2023 19:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/2 "2023-10-03T19:44:35Z")

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Trying out your flow, how do you initialize your data? The `M1 Reasons` function node reads from a global, but it has never been created when I try it.

You really need an initialization flow to set the files, globals and flow variables.

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**Author:** ![BrallanH2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/brallanh2/32/40801_2.png) [@BrallanH2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BrallanH2)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2023 21:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/3 "2023-10-03T21:42:58Z")

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> [@zenofmud](#):
>
> initialization

Thanks. I added the initialization. I added a Change Node to the end of the Step Dropdown Selection and deleted the global.set for my DisplayArray. I need the function to select which Step's array to update. That didn't help until I injected manually into the Change node with a different but valid JSON. After that my highlight color animations work. So then I added back the update both arrays on "SAVE", and it still works. At this point, I'd like to understand what I did and am probably commonly doing wrong. My style is simple. This flow is part of a much larger working application for a paint manufacturing facility.

```auto
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        "id": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "Flow 2",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": "",
        "env": []
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    {
        "id": "9053fd2f71c148fc",
        "type": "ui_button",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "M1 RL Save",
        "group": "67d8728aa87a6a03",
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        "width": "2",
        "height": "1",
        "passthru": false,
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        "tooltip": "Save",
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        "bgcolor": "",
        "className": "",
        "icon": "",
        "payload": "true",
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        "topic": "1",
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                "4ee4ac5b7960dfa8"
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        "type": "ui_text_input",
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        "name": "M1 R In",
        "label": "Enter Correction:",
        "tooltip": "Correct Reason Option Selected",
        "group": "67d8728aa87a6a03",
        "order": 5,
        "width": 0,
        "height": 0,
        "passthru": false,
        "mode": "text",
        "delay": "0",
        "topic": "payload",
        "sendOnBlur": false,
        "className": "",
        "topicType": "msg",
        "x": 300,
        "y": 520,
        "wires": [
            [
                "8b73b0c1d41c47e1"
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        ]
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    {
        "id": "2cf82da86946880b",
        "type": "ui_dropdown",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "M1 S Sel",
        "label": "Select Step",
        "tooltip": "Step Selection",
        "place": "Select option",
        "group": "67d8728aa87a6a03",
        "order": 3,
        "width": 0,
        "height": 0,
        "passthru": false,
        "multiple": false,
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                "label": "Step 1",
                "value": 1,
                "type": "num"
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            {
                "label": "Step 2",
                "value": 2,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 3",
                "value": 3,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 4",
                "value": 4,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 5",
                "value": 5,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 6",
                "value": 6,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 7",
                "value": 7,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 8",
                "value": 8,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 9",
                "value": 9,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 10",
                "value": 10,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 11",
                "value": 11,
                "type": "num"
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            {
                "label": "Step 12",
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                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 13",
                "value": 13,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 14",
                "value": 14,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 15",
                "value": 15,
                "type": "num"
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            {
                "label": "Step 16",
                "value": 16,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Step 17",
                "value": 17,
                "type": "num"
            }
        ],
        "payload": "",
        "topic": "topic",
        "topicType": "msg",
        "className": "",
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                "7f0adfeeb992c957"
            ]
        ]
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        "type": "ui_dropdown",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "M1 R Sel",
        "label": "Select Reason",
        "tooltip": "Reason Selection",
        "place": "Select option",
        "group": "67d8728aa87a6a03",
        "order": 4,
        "width": 0,
        "height": 0,
        "passthru": false,
        "multiple": false,
        "options": [
            {
                "label": "Reason 1",
                "value": 1,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 2",
                "value": 2,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 3",
                "value": 3,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 4",
                "value": 4,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 5",
                "value": 5,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 6",
                "value": 6,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 7",
                "value": 7,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 8",
                "value": 8,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 9",
                "value": 9,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 10",
                "value": 10,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 11",
                "value": 11,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 12",
                "value": 12,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 13",
                "value": 13,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 14",
                "value": 14,
                "type": "num"
            },
            {
                "label": "Reason 15",
                "value": 15,
                "type": "num"
            }
        ],
        "payload": "",
        "topic": "topic",
        "topicType": "msg",
        "className": "",
        "x": 300,
        "y": 440,
        "wires": [
            [
                "ec1c6b760fae4603"
            ]
        ]
    },
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        "id": "619208528a09010f",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "obj to A[A]",
        "func": "let Step=global.get(\"MT01_ReasonsStep\");\nlet ReadArray = \"MT01_Step\" + Step + \"_Reasons\";\n\nglobal.set(ReadArray, msg.payload);\n\nmsg.payload = msg.payload;\n\nnode.status({fill:\"blue\",shape:\"ring\",text:\"OK\"});\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 1170,
        "y": 320,
        "wires": [
            []
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "ec1c6b760fae4603",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "RE PL",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "MT01_ReasonEdit",
                "pt": "global",
                "to": "payload",
                "tot": "msg"
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 450,
        "y": 440,
        "wires": [
            []
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "4ee4ac5b7960dfa8",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "obj to File",
        "func": "//Set Variables for Mixer Sequence Delay Reasons csv:\nlet n = msg.topic;\nlet Step = global.get(\"MT0\" + n + \"_ReasonsStep\");\nlet MSDR_FN = \"MT0\" + n +\"_Step\" + Step + \"_Reasons\";\nlet CorrectedReasons = flow.get(\"Display_MT01_Reasons\");\n\nglobal.set(MSDR_FN, CorrectedReasons);\n\nmsg.filename = \"D:\\\\PersistentTagValues\\\\MSD_Reasons\\\\MT0\" + n + \"\\\\\" + MSDR_FN + \".csv\";\nmsg.payload=CorrectedReasons;\n\nnode.status({fill:\"blue\",shape:\"ring\",text:\"OK\"});\nreturn msg;",
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        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 460,
        "y": 280,
        "wires": [
            [
                "4c9a015b54f01175"
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    {
        "id": "6c8ca6ca982f8da6",
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        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "Write Reasons",
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        "type": "function",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "FNG",
        "func": "//Set Variables for Mixer Sequence Delay Reasons csv:\nglobal.set(\"MT01_ReasonsStep\",msg.payload); // Set Step from Dropdown Selection\nlet Reasons_csv = \"MT01_Step\" + msg.payload + \"_Reasons\";\n\nmsg.filename = \"D:\\\\PersistentTagValues\\\\MSD_Reasons\\\\MT01\\\\\" + Reasons_csv + \".csv\";\n\nmsg.payload=msg.payload;\nnode.status({fill:\"blue\",shape:\"ring\",text:\"OK\"});\nreturn msg;",
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        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 590,
        "y": 360,
        "wires": [
            [
                "600a1d8a75bd4cdd"
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    {
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        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "Load File to OBJ",
        "filename": "",
        "format": "utf8",
        "chunk": false,
        "sendError": false,
        "encoding": "none",
        "allProps": false,
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        "wires": [
            [
                "dc5e61a0bc197797"
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    },
    {
        "id": "4c9a015b54f01175",
        "type": "json",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "",
        "property": "payload",
        "action": "str",
        "pretty": false,
        "x": 590,
        "y": 280,
        "wires": [
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    {
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        "type": "json",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
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        "property": "payload",
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        "pretty": false,
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    },
    {
        "id": "8b73b0c1d41c47e1",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "M1-R-Edit",
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        "outputs": 1,
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        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 460,
        "y": 520,
        "wires": [
            []
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "7f0adfeeb992c957",
        "type": "rbe",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "chg",
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        "start": "",
        "inout": "out",
        "septopics": false,
        "property": "payload",
        "topi": "topic",
        "x": 450,
        "y": 360,
        "wires": [
            [
                "37bb4231d90c0e2f"
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        ]
    },
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        "id": "b84bd3be120e2a1f",
        "type": "inject",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
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        "props": [
            {
                "p": "payload"
            },
            {
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                "vt": "str"
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        ],
        "repeat": "1",
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        "topic": "",
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        "y": 240,
        "wires": [
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                "229761a90f15aff6"
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    },
    {
        "id": "229761a90f15aff6",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "M1 Reasons",
        "func": "let Bowl=\"MT01\"; // Setup Setup Setup\nlet R_Count = 15;\nlet Step=global.get(\"MT01_ReasonsStep\");\nlet j = 0;\n\nconst RL_html = [];\nfor (j = 0; j < (R_Count+1); j++) {\n let StoredArray = global.get(Bowl + \"_Step\" + Step + \"_Reasons[\" + j + \"]\");\n let dsp = flow.get(\"Display_\" + Bowl + \"_Reasons[\" + j + \"]\");\n let HTML1 = \"<div style='background-color: \";\n let HTML2=\"\";\n if (StoredArray == dsp){\n HTML2 = \"white\";\n }else{\n HTML2 = \"yellow\"; \n }\n let HTML3 = \"; width:100%; color:black;'>\";\n let HTML4 = dsp;\n let HTML5 = \"</div>\"\n RL_html[j] = HTML1+HTML2+HTML3+HTML4+HTML5;\n}\n\nlet Table = [\n{\n\"Row\":1,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[1],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":2,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[2],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":3,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[3],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":4,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[4],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":5,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[5],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":6,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[6],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":7,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[7],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":8,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[8],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":9,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[9],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":10,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[10],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":11,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[11],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":12,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[12],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":13,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[13],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":14,\n\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[14],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":15,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[15],\n}\n];\n\nmsg.payload=Table;\n\nnode.status({fill:\"blue\",shape:\"ring\",text:\"OK - \" + j});\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
        "initialize": "",
        "finalize": "",
        "libs": [],
        "x": 450,
        "y": 40,
        "wires": [
            [
                "67ce9a39c5c5952a"
            ]
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "67ce9a39c5c5952a",
        "type": "ui_table",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "group": "67d8728aa87a6a03",
        "name": "MT01_Reasons",
        "order": 1,
        "width": "14",
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        "columns": [
            {
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                "title": "^",
                "width": "1",
                "align": "left",
                "formatter": "plaintext",
                "formatterParams": {
                    "target": "_blank"
                }
            },
            {
                "field": "Step",
                "title": "Step",
                "width": "65",
                "align": "right",
                "formatter": "html",
                "formatterParams": {
                    "target": "_blank"
                }
            },
            {
                "field": "Text",
                "title": "Reason",
                "width": "500",
                "align": "left",
                "formatter": "html",
                "formatterParams": {
                    "target": "_blank"
                }
            }
        ],
        "outputs": 0,
        "cts": false,
        "x": 640,
        "y": 40,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "0313e8f734b74e7f",
        "type": "change",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "Set D",
        "rules": [
            {
                "t": "set",
                "p": "Display_MT01_Reasons",
                "pt": "flow",
                "to": "payload",
                "tot": "msg",
                "dc": true
            }
        ],
        "action": "",
        "property": "",
        "from": "",
        "to": "",
        "reg": false,
        "x": 1210,
        "y": 360,
        "wires": [
            []
        ]
    },
    {
        "id": "67d8728aa87a6a03",
        "type": "ui_group",
        "name": "Reasons",
        "tab": "6933cb9e.7444f4",
        "order": 2,
        "disp": true,
        "width": "14",
        "collapse": true,
        "className": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "6933cb9e.7444f4",
        "type": "ui_tab",
        "name": "MT01",
        "icon": "dashboard",
        "order": 2,
        "disabled": false,
        "hidden": false
    }
]

```

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2023 09:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/4 "2023-10-04T09:10:10Z")

</div>

I can't help you understand what you did without being able to run your flow. I can't run your flow because there is no data available. There are no global or flow variables, there is no data files to be read in.

If you provide teh data so I can test it, I'll take a look and see if I can give you some advice but without it I can't help you, sorry.

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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:** [4 October 2023 10:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/5 "2023-10-04T10:34:44Z")

</div>

> [@BrallanH2](#):
>
> At this point, I'd like to understand what I did and am probably commonly doing wrong

In JavaScript (and many languages), objects (key-val objects/arrays/buffers/etc) are stored by reference. When you set `global.somedata = msg.payload` and `flow.somedata = msg.payload` you are storing a pointer to the original (singular) object. When you edit `global.somedata` you also edit `flow.somedata`

Bearing this in mind for the future will save you some troubles.

There are various ways to solve this. A function node can use:

```auto
global.set(ReadArray, RED.util.cloneMessage(msg.payload))
flow.set(DisplayArray, RED.util.cloneMessage(msg.payload))

```

You can branch flows and use a change node, much like you did.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/a/6a5f3a9a1af6b58592bee897fda32f1a7f5b484b.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/e/de22a5a766c5f5398815f80ce4773993e44b0c5b.png)

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**Author:** ![marcus-j-davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcus-j-davies/32/103435_2.png) [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2023 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/6 "2023-10-04T11:00:25Z")

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I was in the mood for a doodle!

My native tongue is .NET - so not sure if the same `PassByRef` behaviour is the same in JS? as it is in .NET

 ![Screenshot 2023-10-04 at 12.00.06](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/4/6/460ecc0c2151a7e5473487a1e996306e7cd95fbb.png)

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**Author:** ![BrallanH2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/brallanh2/32/40801_2.png) [@BrallanH2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BrallanH2)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2023 14:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/7 "2023-10-04T14:40:27Z")

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I attached a snip of what it looks like initialized.

In this flow, I added initialization to the "START" of each Mixer's Reason List Table generator function. MT02-MT04 arent' really doing anything yet. I really appreciate all the help and fast responses.

My last question is about if the Red.util.cloneMessage can be used on any object or just msg objects like msg.payload?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/8/18fa15c9d0f3e31dac53df067bab24daa7dfbd18.png)

```auto
[
    {
        "id": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "type": "tab",
        "label": "Reasons",
        "disabled": false,
        "info": "",
        "env": []
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        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
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        "finalize": "",
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        "y": 160,
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                "d81da57d9be0cafd"
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            },
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                "width": "65",
                "align": "right",
                "formatter": "html",
                "formatterParams": {
                    "target": "_blank"
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            {
                "field": "Text",
                "title": "Reason",
                "width": "500",
                "align": "left",
                "formatter": "html",
                "formatterParams": {
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        "x": 640,
        "y": 160,
        "wires": []
    },
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        "id": "8d15c814b643db90",
        "type": "function",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "name": "M4 Reasons",
        "func": "let Bowl=\"MT04\"; // Setup Setup Setup\nlet R_Count = 15;\nlet Step=global.get(\"MT01_ReasonsStep\");\nlet j = 0;\n\nconst RL_html = [];\nfor (j = 0; j < (R_Count+1); j++) {\n let StoredArray = global.get(Bowl + \"_Step\" + Step + \"_Reasons[\" + j + \"]\");\n let dsp = flow.get(\"Display_\" + Bowl + \"_Reasons[\" + j + \"]\");\n let HTML1 = \"<div style='background-color: \";\n let HTML2=\"\";\n if (StoredArray == dsp){\n HTML2 = \"white\";\n }else{\n HTML2 = \"yellow\"; \n }\n let HTML3 = \"; width:100%; color:black;'>\";\n let HTML4 = dsp;\n let HTML5 = \"</div>\"\n RL_html[j] = HTML1+HTML2+HTML3+HTML4+HTML5;\n}\n\nlet Table = [\n{\n\"Row\":1,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[1],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":2,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[2],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":3,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[3],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":4,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[4],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":5,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[5],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":6,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[6],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":7,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[7],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":8,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[8],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":9,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[9],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":10,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[10],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":11,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[11],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":12,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[12],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":13,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[13],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":14,\n\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[14],\n},\n{\n\"Row\":15,\n\"Step\":Step,\n\"Text\":RL_html[15],\n}\n];\n\nmsg.payload=Table;\n\nnode.status({fill:\"blue\",shape:\"ring\",text:\"OK - \" + j});\nreturn msg;",
        "outputs": 1,
        "noerr": 0,
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        "finalize": "",
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        "y": 220,
        "wires": [
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                "483dc5dde1856181"
            ]
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        "type": "ui_table",
        "z": "77e990dfb4b955d1",
        "group": "4288fb55eebc0f65",
        "name": "MT04_Reasons",
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                "title": "^",
                "width": "1",
                "align": "left",
                "formatter": "plaintext",
                "formatterParams": {
                    "target": "_blank"
                }
            },
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                "field": "Step",
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                "align": "right",
                "formatter": "html",
                "formatterParams": {
                    "target": "_blank"
                }
            },
            {
                "field": "Text",
                "title": "Reason",
                "width": "500",
                "align": "left",
                "formatter": "html",
                "formatterParams": {
                    "target": "_blank"
                }
            }
        ],
        "outputs": 0,
        "cts": false,
        "x": 640,
        "y": 220,
        "wires": []
    },
    {
        "id": "67d8728aa87a6a03",
        "type": "ui_group",
        "name": "Reasons",
        "tab": "6933cb9e.7444f4",
        "order": 2,
        "disp": true,
        "width": "14",
        "collapse": true,
        "className": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "d624a4f63db30d79",
        "type": "ui_group",
        "name": "Reasons",
        "tab": "9e77b36.07f525",
        "order": 3,
        "disp": true,
        "width": "14",
        "collapse": false,
        "className": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "0a6fa87510a7bbbb",
        "type": "ui_group",
        "name": "Reasons",
        "tab": "3a187968.f13eb6",
        "order": 3,
        "disp": true,
        "width": "14",
        "collapse": false,
        "className": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "4288fb55eebc0f65",
        "type": "ui_group",
        "name": "Reasons",
        "tab": "3d493148.11201e",
        "order": 3,
        "disp": true,
        "width": "14",
        "collapse": false,
        "className": ""
    },
    {
        "id": "6933cb9e.7444f4",
        "type": "ui_tab",
        "name": "MT01",
        "icon": "dashboard",
        "order": 2,
        "disabled": false,
        "hidden": false
    },
    {
        "id": "9e77b36.07f525",
        "type": "ui_tab",
        "name": "MT02",
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        "order": 3,
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        "id": "3a187968.f13eb6",
        "type": "ui_tab",
        "name": "MT03",
        "icon": "dashboard",
        "order": 4,
        "disabled": false,
        "hidden": false
    },
    {
        "id": "3d493148.11201e",
        "type": "ui_tab",
        "name": "MT04",
        "icon": "dashboard",
        "order": 5,
        "disabled": false,
        "hidden": false
    }
]

```

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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:** [4 October 2023 15:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/8 "2023-10-04T15:30:58Z")

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> [@BrallanH2](#):
>
> My last question is about if the Red.util.cloneMessage can be used on any object or just msg objects like msg.payload

Any object

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [18 October 2023 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/variables-seem-linked-somehow/81747/9 "2023-10-18T15:31:05Z")

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