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ashutoshg0001
ashutoshg0001
October 14, 2021
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Compare a value in the list

  • October 14, 2021
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Hi ,

    I have a list of 5 text values returned by a rule like names as { "abc","def","ghi","jkl","mno" } ,  I want to compare a name as "def" in this list without using any loop. is there any function in Appian which can perform comparison without using any loop?

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    marco.amador
    marco.amador
    October 14, 2021

    Seems like contains() is what you're looking for - https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/21.3/fnc_set_contains.html

    contains({"abc", "def", "ghj", "jkl","mno"}, "def")

    mikes0011
    mikes0011
    Brainy
    October 14, 2021

    And if the desired result is the positional indices in the array where the target value occurs, whereContains() will work for this case.  Note that I believe this function will not be any more effectively efficient than doing an a!forEach() loop, but at least it's (slightly) less code.

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