foreach(items:local:lines,expresion: local!searchsection: if( or(lower(left(trim(fv!item),7 ) ) = "section", regexmatch("\d{1,2}[.]\d{1,2}", left(trim(fv!item),5 ) )) , "Section: "& cleanwith(left(trim(fv!item),12 ), "1234567890.") ,{}) , local!section:a!refreshVariable( value: local!searchsection ,refreshOnReferencedVarChange: if( rule!NPA_isEmpty(local!searchsection), false(), true() ) ), local!section )
I'm trying to modify the second variable just if the first variable that i have is not null but if it is null i need to keep the last value the variable had
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let me explain a little bit better i'm looping into some lines each of those lines are inside a section but a section could start in any line and i want to know which line is part of which section when i find a section number i want to be able to keep it until we get to capture the next section number.
In Appian Expressions, variable values cannot be changed once assigned. In interfaces, this is possible only on user interaction.
Is this only about displaying these sections dynamically? Then, you could show the section header only if you found a section in that line.
Hi thanks for helping me today i found a work around to do this with a process model
just making another list and looping this way cause if i try to loop by the config in multiple instances of this node the variable don't update correctly. but looping with a xor till we get to the limit we can update the variable each time with no problem.
it was about generating a file searching for some key phrases and displaying in which section it was found.