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How to add single quotes to each string in Power Automate Desktop

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Posted on by co21 4

Hello everyone,

I have an list which is look like this :

 

co21_0-1645534926299.png

 

And i used Join Text Action to separated and join each string with comma and result is going to be :

570-AAIS,580-ADGX,KM5221WBKB-NOR,570-AAIS,DELL-E2720HS

 

And now i want to add single quotes to each string, where i can pass to IN operation into my SQL Query.

The result i'm looking for :

'570-AAIS','580-ADGX','KM5221WBKB-NOR','570-AAIS','DELL-E2720HS'

 

Can anyone please help me to archive this in Power Automate Desktop ?!

Thanks in advance 🙂

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  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Put whatever you actually want into an Escape Text action. The variable produced %EscapedText% is the altered version so that when you use it in anything later, PAD undoes it and gives you what you originally wanted. 

  • Highboy Profile Picture
    Highboy 1,187 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Hmmm I don't get it (I am a bit slow today 😊)
    Could you explain how that would translate text from 

    a,b,c,d to 'a','b','c','d'

  • Henrik_M Profile Picture
    Henrik_M 2,021 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    LOOP 0 --> %List.Count-1%

        SET VARIABLE %List[LoopIndex]% TO '%List[LoopIndex]%'

    END LOOP

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    Highboy 1,187 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    You could also do it like this in two lines of code 😁

    Highboy_0-1645608411528.png

    Highboy_1-1645608437920.png

    Gives the result

    Highboy_2-1645608469134.png

     

  • co21 Profile Picture
    co21 4 on at

    Many thanks for help 🙂

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