How to convert 3;4;5 into {3,4,5}

RE: How to convert 3;4;5 into {3,4,5}

hemap0003 — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:53:59 GMT

Thanks for your response

RE: How to convert 3;4;5 into {3,4,5}

hemap0003 — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:43:03 GMT

I have again used split function on local variable and able to get the desired output.

Thanks

RE: How to convert 3;4;5 into {3,4,5}

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:35:00 GMT

That is not solving the issue, but trying to work around it, after creating it in the first place.

RE: How to convert 3;4;5 into {3,4,5}

SOMU LAKSHMI RAJA — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:58:29 GMT

HI hemap0003

Please find the code below. By passing the selected dropdown value into an expression rule and iterating through it using a foreach loop, it will become the 'items' for further processing.

a!localVariables(
/*The below localVariable will hold selected drop down values*/
  local!dropDownValues: tostring({ 3, 4, 5 }),
  if(
    a!isNullOrEmpty(local!dropDownValues),
    "",
    split(local!dropDownValues, "; ") /*By using split function the data will be displayed as a list*/
  )
)

RE: How to convert 3;4;5 into {3,4,5}

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:53:26 GMT

I am not sure what you are doing here.

But in general, storing a list of integers into a single string turns {1, 2, 3} into "1;2;3". This is what you observe. To avoid this, make sure to keep your data types a list of integer consistently.

And no, working around that issue by using split(), works, but is a super ugly solution and will get you into trouble on the long run!

RE: How to convert 3;4;5 into {3,4,5}

hemap0003 — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:49:16 GMT

I am passing this value into local variable and then from a!forEach(items :local!data,expression: rule!getData(employeeid: fv!item).

local!data : ri!employeeData[Recordtype!OD_EMP_RECORDS.fields.employeeid].

RE: How to convert 3;4;5 into {3,4,5}

Stefan Helzle — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:44:47 GMT

The dropdown returns a list of values. What data type is the rule input of the expression? It should be a list of integer.