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siddhants0001
New Participant
Feb 27, 2022 7:58 AM UTC
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what is a! and why we use it in expressions?

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    stefanhelzle0001
    Brainy
    Feb 27, 2022 8:05 AM UTC

    The Appian documentation will help you with this question.

    docs.appian.com/.../domain_prefixes.html

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    stefanhelzle0001
    Brainy
    Feb 27, 2022 8:05 AM UTC

    The Appian documentation will help you with this question.

    docs.appian.com/.../domain_prefixes.html

    harshitb6843
    Brainy
    Feb 27, 2022 11:43 AM UTC

    Hi there,

    AFAIK, a! is used to precisely identify which function belongs to Appian and which functions do not (custom functions, expression rules, interfaces, decisions, etc). However, there are some functions that do not start with a! even after being Appian's native functions.

    stewart.burchell
    Employee
    Feb 28, 2022 9:28 AM UTC

    One of our Trainers once jokingly said "fn! is the domain for the set of functions, and a! is the domain for another set of functions!"