Actions: Variables
clear variable
Set variable to an empty value.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| VariableName | The variable to set empty. |
count indexes in array
Gets the number of index keys present in an array.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Path | An optional variable, element, or input that consists of a series of slash delimited indexes to access an array. |
| Variable | The variable to have its indexes counted. |
| Output | The location where the number of indexes will go (variable or text or field element). |
count lines in variable
Gets the number of lines in a variable.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Variable | A variable where the lines will be counted. |
| Output | The location where the number of lines will go (variable or text or field element). |
delete array element
Create a path to access the value of nested elements.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Value | Select a variable that contains the element or value to delete. |
| Array | Select an array to modify. |
| Path | A series of slash delimited elements to remove data from an
array. Example: Original array: myUserData/email/kayla@acme.com myUserData/zipCode/98027 Providing ‘zipCode’ for the path, we are left with the following in our array: myUserData/email/kayla@acme.com |
delete empty variables
Deletes all empty Appli variables. Useful in clearing out unused variables. Variables which your app populates will reappear.
find value in array
Find a specific value of a key inside the records of an array. This returns the first value that is found, so it works on arrays where the values are unique to each record.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Output | Where do you want to save the result? |
| Key | The key to query in the array |
| Operator | The comparison operator for comparing values in the table against the input value. |
| KeyToReturn | The key of the found record to return |
| Array | Select an array to search |
| Value | The value to compare the array record key against |
| ReturnAs | If found, how should the result be returned? |
get array value
Create a path to access the value of nested elements.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Array | Select an array to parse. |
| RecordIDs | Optional input from a variable, element, or raw input that consists of line or comma delimited list where each line or item is a valid cdbRecordID of a record in the specified table. Use “*” to specify all records or read an array from source other than a table. |
| Path | A variable, element, or input that consists of a series of slash delimited elements to access a value of an array. |
| Output | The returned value can be placed in a variable or an
element. Example array: [6ea1f2aa-b7af-426e-879e-3c2caa54fa7a][email][mark@acme.org] Path: email Output: mark@acme.org |
get item from variable
Gets the specified item from a variable.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Variable | A variable where the item will be retrieved from. |
| ItemNumber | The item number to retrieve from the variable. |
| Output | The location where the item will go (variable or text or field element). |
| Separator | The character(s) to use as the item separator for this operation. The default is a comma |
get key from variable
Gets the specified key from a variable. Also works if the key is an array.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Output | The location where the value of the key will go (variable or text or field element). |
| Variable | A variable where the key will be retrieved from. |
| Key | A variable or input specifying which key to get. |
get line from variable
Gets the specified line from a variable.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Output | The location where the line will go (variable or text or field element). |
| Variable | A variable where the line will be retrieved from. |
| LineNumber | A variable or input specifying which line to get. |
process variable
Performs an algorithmic operation on the content of a variable. Base64Encode & Base64Decode, Compress & Decompress, BinaryEncode & BinaryDecode functions are available.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Variable | The variable to be processed. |
| Process | The function to process the variable. |
| Output | The variable where the result will be placed. |
| Error | A variable to store an error, should one occur. |
reindex array
Reindexes an array to have sequential numeric indexes without gaps.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| ArrayVariable | The array variable to reindex |
set array
Useful for creating or modifying an array with a new key = value.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Value | The value will replace an existing value or can be used to create
new values. The input may come from a variable, an element, or raw
input. Examples: keys value Old value: userDetails/email/ = tom@acme.com New value: userDetails/email/ = andre@acme.com keys value Old value: userDetails/zipCode/ = 92592 New value: userDetails/zipCode/ = 98027 |
| Array | Select an array to create or modify. |
| Path | A series of slash delimited keys in an array. The input may come from a variable, an element, or raw input. |
set variable
Set a variable based on input, variable, or an element.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| Variable | The variable to set the value of. |
| Value | The value to set variable to (input, variable, text/field element) |
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