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sallyjoyg0002
August 2, 2021
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Parse Text file to appian value

  • August 2, 2021
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I have a txt file that i want to parse and convert to appian value. What do i use for this?

Thank you.

P.S. (readTextFromFile() was the previous function for this but was already unavailable in the current appian version)

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stewart.burchell
stewart.burchell
August 2, 2021

I think you'll find that readTextFromFile() is actually a function available in a plug-in:

community.appian.com/.../text-file-reader

...so not dependent upon the version of Appian.

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sallyjoyg0002Author
August 2, 2021

Are there any other ways aside from using a plugin?

stewart.burchell
stewart.burchell
August 2, 2021

...at this point (if I were consulting with you) I'd wan t to ask what your use case is - why you need to access the content of a text file, where it's coming from, what it contains and whether there might not be other options of transporting that data into Appian (e.g. via a WebAPI...assuming that it is coming from an external source)...and so forth...

    aparajitas0001
    aparajitas0001
    August 9, 2021

    Check if the "Text File Utilities" plugin is added in your environment. The function is part of the plugin.

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