N8N for beginners: looping over items

N8N for Beginners: Looping Over Items

Description

This workflow is designed for n8n beginners to understand how n8n handles looping (iteration) over multiple items. It highlights two key behaviors:

- Built-In Looping: By default, most n8n nodes iterate over each item in an input array. - Explicit Looping: The Loop Over Items node allows controlled iteration, enabling custom batch processing and multi-step workflows.

This workflow demonstrates the difference between processing an unsplit array of strings (single item) vs. a split array (multiple items).

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Setup

1. Input Data