read csv-data and put it in an array

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp click on line number 122 for a stop… birthday is not defined once you leave the for loop…

[Perlchamp]

yes i did. all variables are correct

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp and getDom() will be called multiple times, once before your data arrives, maybe once more than when you data is ready

and it does the innerText statement?

and u look at the element, and look at the inner text and its correct?

i am running out of energy for the day… been since 6am. now 11pm

[Perlchamp]

122 => next => marks “return”(131) => next => marks end of 131 => next => jumped to main.js

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp mark the line for the second for(

for(var birthday of Object.keys(this.active_birthdays)){
			for(var name of this.active_birthdays[birthday]){              // stop on this line

and remove the other stops

[Perlchamp]

the same see picture i did send to you. it’s line 122 => stop => refresh => and than like posted before
no does nothing … ok never mind. coming from germany it’s now 06:00 in the morning did’t sleep …

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp tomorrow, very close

[Perlchamp]

don’t worry about me and sleep well.

[sdetweil]

@Perlchamp thx…

in debugging

put a stop on the self.updateDom() in the notiification code.
no place else

hit refresh

when it stops there,
scroll down to getdom and add a stop on the 1st for loop line

hit run arrow,
should stop in getdom now, with data

[sdetweil]

@perl here is the updated perlchamp.js, shows date, persons name and age (no formatting)

Module.register("perlchamp", {

	defaults: {
		language: "de",
		dimmEntries: true,   // true: dims entries and the associated 
							//       symbol when the date has expired.
							// false: delete entries and the associated 
							//        symbol when the date has expired.
                 // used if look forward is desired, add to module config  in config.js
                 days_forward:0,
	},
	// place to save birthdays to display
    active_birthdays : {},


	init: function(){
		Log.log(this.name + " is in init!");
	},

	start: function(){
		Log.log("Starting module: " + this.name);

		// Set locale
		moment.locale(config.language);
	},

	loaded: function(callback) {
		Log.log(this.name + " is loaded!");
		callback();
	},

	// return list of other functional scripts to use, if any (like require in node_helper)
	getScripts: function() {
		return	["moment.js"];
	}, 

	// return list of stylesheet files to use if any
	getStyles: function() {
		return 	[this.data.path + "/css/perlchamp.css"];
	},

/*
	// return list of translation files to use, if any
	getTranslations: function() {
		return {
			// sample of list of files to specify here, if no files, do not use this routine, , or return empty list

			// en: "translations/en.json",  (folders and filenames in your module folder)
			// de: "translations/de.json"
		}
	},
*/


	// only called if the module header was configured in module config in config.js
	getHeader: function() {
		return this.data.header;
	},

	// messages received from other modules and the system (NOT from your node helper)
	// payload is a notification dependent data structure
	notificationReceived: function(notification, payload, sender) {
		// once everybody is loaded up
		if(notification==="ALL_MODULES_STARTED"){
			// send our config to our node_helper
			this.sendSocketNotification("CONFIG",this.config);
		}
		if (sender) {
			Log.log(this.name + " received a module notification: " + notification + " from sender: " + sender.name);
		} else {
			Log.log(this.name + " received a system notification: " + notification);
		}
	},

	
	// messages received from from your node helper (NOT other modules or the system)
	// payload is a notification dependent data structure, up to you to design between module and node_helper
	socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
/*
		Log.log(this.name + " received a socket notification: " + notification + " - Payload: " + payload);
		if(notification === "message_from_helper"){
			this.config.message = payload;
			// tell mirror runtime that our data has changed,
			// we will be called back at GetDom() to provide the updated content
			this.updateDom(1000);
		}
*/
		if(notification === "have data"){

			var self = this
			Log.log(this.name + " received a socket notification: " + notification + " - Payload: " + payload);
			
			var now = moment();

			// clear the old list
                        this.active_birthdays={}

			// only calculate in advance once
			var birthday_time_window=moment().add(self.config.days_forward,'days')

			// loop thru the birthdays  from the file
			for( var birthday of payload) {
				// get 1st 5 chars of birthdate, thru month
				// we will use this as the key in the hash
				var birth_date=birthday.birth.substring(0,5)

				// get the birthday as a moment in this year, for comparing
				var birth_date_moment = moment(birth_date+now.year(),"DD.MMYYYY")
				  
				// u can add days to a moment object and then compare if the birthdate is before that date (and after now)
				// so within the next xx days

			  // if the date is the same or later, don't use time of day
			   if(birth_date_moment.startOf('day').isSameOrAfter(now.startOf('day')) &&
			   	  birth_date_moment.startOf('day').isSameOrBefore(birthday_time_window.startOf('day'))
			   		){

			      // birthday is in this month
			      // check the hash if we've seen anything for today yet
			      // if we haven't see this date yet
			      if(self.active_birthdays[birth_date] == undefined){
			           //  create the holder for its info (array of info) in the hash
			           self.active_birthdays[birth_date]=[]
			      }
			      // save the persons name and age on the list
			      self.active_birthdays[birth_date].push({'name':birthday.name, 'age': now.diff(moment(birthday.birth,'DD.MM.YYYY'), 'years') })			     
			   }
			}
     
			// tell MM to call and get our content
			self.updateDom();
		}     			
			
/*			
			this.config.message = payload;
			// tell mirror runtime that our data has changed,
			// we will be called back at GetDom() to provide the updated content
			this.updateDom(1000)
			
			// filters the birthdaylist and output only the birthdays
			// of the current month, sorted (ascending) by days in 
			// the following format: 
			// [{ day: "10", name: ["firstname lastname",...] }]

			// set variables
			var today_month = moment().format("MM");
			var today_day_month = moment().format("DD.MM");

			var result = Object.entries(jsonObj
			.filter(({birth}) => birth.split('.')[1] === today_month)
			.reduce((a, {birth, name}) => {
				const day = +birth.split('.')[0];
				a[day] = [...(a[day] || []), name];
				return a
			}, {})
			).map(([day, name]) => ({day, name})).sort((a, b) => +a.day - b.day);
			birthdaysArray = result;
			
			// for debugging only
			//console.log("filtered and sorted: ", birthdaysArray);
*/
			
	},

	// system notification your module is being hidden
	// typically you would stop doing UI updates (getDom/updateDom) if the module is hidden
	suspend: function(){

	},

	// system notification your module is being unhidden/shown
	// typically you would resume doing UI updates (getDom/updateDom) if the module is shown
	resume: function(){

	},

	// this is the major worker of the module, it provides the displayable content for this module
	getDom: function() {
		var wrapper = document.createElement("div");

// create your table and header here

		for(var birthday of Object.keys(this.active_birthdays)){
			for(var person of this.active_birthdays[birthday]){
				var m=document.createElement('div')
// create tyour table row here				
				m.innerText=birthday+ ' '+ person.name+' age='+person.age
				wrapper.appendChild(m)					
			}
		}

// create your table footer here	

		// pass the created content back to MM to add to DOM.
		return wrapper;
	}
})

this is the birthdays.csv I was using
the column names are the field names in the jsonobj

birth, name
12.07.1952, Sam
11.09.1944, Peg
02.05.1939, Frank 
09.04.1953, June
09.04.1953, Jane
30.12.1955, Joan
02.05.1939, Sue
05.05.1955, mary