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# Mapping in the expressions editor
These examples show how to access linked items in the expressions editor. Refer to [expressions](/code/expressions.md) for more information on expressions, including built in variables and methods.
For information on errors with mapping and linking items, refer to [Item linking errors](/data/data-mapping/data-item-linking/item-linking-errors.md).
## Access the linked item in a previous node's output
When you use this, n8n works back up the item linking chain, to find the parent item in the given node.
```js
// Returns the linked item
{{$("<node-name>").item}}
```
As a longer example, consider a scenario where a node earlier in the workflow has the following output data:
```json
[
{
"id": "23423532",
"name": "Jay Gatsby",
},
{
"id": "23423533",
"name": "José Arcadio Buendía",
},
{
"id": "23423534",
"name": "Max Sendak",
},
{
"id": "23423535",
"name": "Zaphod Beeblebrox",
},
{
"id": "23423536",
"name": "Edmund Pevensie",
}
]
```
To extract the name, use the following expression:
```js
{{$("<node-name>").item.json.name}}
```
### Access the linked item in the current node's input
In this case, the item linking is within the node: find the input item that the node links to an output item.
```js
// Returns the linked item
{{$input.item}}
```
As a longer example, consider a scenario where the current node has the following input data:
```json
[
{
"id": "23423532",
"name": "Jay Gatsby",
},
{
"id": "23423533",
"name": "José Arcadio Buendía",
},
{
"id": "23423534",
"name": "Max Sendak",
},
{
"id": "23423535",
"name": "Zaphod Beeblebrox",
},
{
"id": "23423536",
"name": "Edmund Pevensie",
}
]
```
To extract the name, you'd normally use drag-and-drop [Data mapping](/data/data-mapping/index.md), but you could also write the following expression:
```js
{{$input.item.json.name}}
```
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