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    • PerlchampP Offline
      Perlchamp
      last edited by Perlchamp

      i didn’t post the code, because it only was a status-info …
      but here is the code. i think i will first try alone. if there any questions i will post them.
      here is my array:

      [{"birth":"12.09.1967", "name":"Otto Billing"},{...}]
      

      many thanks in advance

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        sdetweil @Perlchamp
        last edited by sdetweil

        @Perlchamp ok, went to numbers, SO much easier!!

        var today_day_month = moment().format("DD.MM")
        // today would be "30.04"
        // tomorrow will be "01.05"
        // loop thru the array of birthday info from file, one 'row' per birthday
        
        for(var birthday of birthday_info) {
             if( (birthday.birth.startsWith(today_day_month)) {
                 // this birthday is for today
                    console.log(" birthday on "+ today_day_month+" is for "+birthday.name);
             } 
        }
        

        Sam

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        • PerlchampP Offline
          Perlchamp
          last edited by

          @sdetweil said in read csv-data and put it in an array:

          ok, went to numbers, SO much easier!!

          ok, i will try. therefor my array don’t match, i think … that’s right ?

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            sdetweil @Perlchamp
            last edited by

            @Perlchamp the new data matches my new code

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            • PerlchampP Offline
              Perlchamp
              last edited by

              thanks, but now i’m a little bit confused, because my master problem will be, to reorg the array, to combine people with the same date of birth in as list in one row with the day of birth. but let me try …

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                sdetweil @Perlchamp
                last edited by

                @Perlchamp ok, this was just to give you ideas on how to access the data… in a useful way

                Sam

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                  Perlchamp
                  last edited by

                  … and I’m very grateful to you for that. I learn from your messages every time. I think it’s great that there are people like you. that also costs time (apart from health, the most important thing in life). Thanks again for that!

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                  • PerlchampP Offline
                    Perlchamp
                    last edited by

                    hi sam,
                    i have a major problem, that i don’t understand. this is my code in node_helper.js:

                    var NodeHelper = require("node_helper");
                    var moment = require("moment");
                    
                    // add require of other javascripot components here
                    // var xxx = require('yyy'); here
                    const csv = require("csvtojson");
                    var birthdaysArray = [];
                    
                    
                    module.exports = NodeHelper.create({
                    
                    	init(){
                    		console.log("init module helper perlchamp");
                    	},
                    
                    	start() {
                    		console.log("Starting module helper: " + this.name);
                    		//	console.log("Pfad zur csv-Datei: " + this.path + "/data/birthdays.csv");
                    		
                    		const csvFilePath = this.path + '/data/birthdays.csv';
                    		csv()
                    		.fromFile(csvFilePath)
                    		.then((jsonObj)=>{      
                    			birthdaysArray = JSON.stringify(jsonObj);
                    			console.log("birthdaysArray: " + birthdaysArray);
                    
                    			var today_day_month = moment().format("DD.MM");
                    			var today_month = moment().format("MM");
                    		})
                    		
                    		console.log("birthdaysArray #2: " + birthdaysArray);
                    		
                    		// moment.js
                    		moment.locale(config.language);  // set locale
                    		console.log("aktuelle Zeit: " + moment().format('Do MMMM YYYY, hh:mm:ss'));
                    		console.log("aktueller Monat(Zahl): " + moment().format('MM'));
                    		console.log("aktueller Monat(Text): " + moment().format('MMM'));
                    		console.log("aktueller Tag(Zahl mit führender Null): " + moment().format('DD'));
                    		console.log("aktueller Tag(Text): " + moment().format('dddd'));
                    		console.log("aktueller Tag(Abkürzung): " + moment().format('dd'));
                    		console.log("aktuelles Jahr(Zahl): " + moment().format('YYYY'));
                    	},
                    
                    	stop(){
                    		console.log("Stopping module helper: " + this.name);
                    	},
                    
                    	// handle messages from our module// each notification indicates a different messages
                    	// payload is a data structure that is different per message.. up to you to design this
                    	socketNotificationReceived(notification, payload) {
                    		//	console.log(this.name + " received a socket notification: " + notification + " - Payload: " + payload);
                    		console.log(this.name + " received a socket notification: " + birthdays);
                    		// if config message from module
                    		if (notification === "CONFIG") {
                    			// save payload config info
                    			this.config=payload
                    			// wait 15 seconds, send a message back to module
                    			setTimeout(()=> { this.sendSocketNotification("message_from_helper"," this is a test_message")}, 15000)
                    		}
                    		else if(notification === "????2") {
                    		}
                    
                    	},
                    });
                    
                    

                    why returns

                    console.log("birthdaysArray #2: " + birthdaysArray);
                    

                    nothing.

                    many thanks in advance

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                    • PerlchampP Offline
                      Perlchamp
                      last edited by

                      console.log(this.name + " received a socket notification: " + birthdays);
                      

                      should be

                      console.log(this.name + " received a socket notification: " + birthdaysArray);
                      

                      of course. couldn’t edit it, because of spam-message from board …

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                        sdetweil @Perlchamp
                        last edited by

                        @Perlchamp said in read csv-data and put it in an array:

                        > 	const csvFilePath = this.path + '/data/birthdays.csv';
                        > 		csv()
                        > 		.fromFile(csvFilePath)
                        > 		.then((jsonObj)=>{      
                        > 			birthdaysArray = JSON.stringify(jsonObj);
                        > 			console.log("birthdaysArray: " + birthdaysArray);
                        > 
                        > 			var today_day_month = moment().format("DD.MM");
                        > 			var today_month = moment().format("MM");
                        > 		})
                        > 		
                        > 		console.log("birthdaysArray #2: " + birthdaysArray);
                        

                        welcome to programming with a asyncronous libraries

                        csv().fromFile(csvFilePath) starts a ‘long’ operation,
                        going out to disk, reading in the data, and converting it to json from spreadsheet… (long is milliseconds)

                        the processor should not wait, so it does not, and the next instruction AFTER the start of the fromFile()
                        is console.log("birthdaysArray #2: " + birthdaysArray);

                        	// moment.js
                        	moment.locale(config.language);  // set locale
                        	console.log("aktuelle Zeit: " + moment().format('Do MMMM YYYY, hh:mm:ss'));
                        	console.log("aktueller Monat(Zahl): " + moment().format('MM'));
                        	console.log("aktueller Monat(Text): " + moment().format('MMM'));
                        	console.log("aktueller Tag(Zahl mit führender Null): " + moment().format('DD'));
                        	console.log("aktueller Tag(Text): " + moment().format('dddd'));
                        	console.log("aktueller Tag(Abkürzung): " + moment().format('dd'));
                        	console.log("aktuelles Jahr(Zahl): " + moment().format('YYYY'));
                        

                        and the start function runs out of things to do and returns back to MM…

                        sometime later , the fromFile() will complete, and call the .then() routine with the data

                        (jsonObj)=>{      
                        			birthdaysArray = JSON.stringify(jsonObj);
                        			console.log("birthdaysArray: " + birthdaysArray);
                        
                        			var today_day_month = moment().format("DD.MM");
                        			var today_month = moment().format("MM");
                        		}
                        

                        so, if you need to wait for the data(to prints is content) , then the operations would be inside the .then() handler.

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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