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Read text between "[" and "]" characters

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Posted on by nok 40
Hello,
I receive an email with the default subject "Price Ind | 04/Oct/2024 | ID [17]"

How can I read the text between the characters "[" and "]" and store it in a variable?

In the example above, Automate should store the value "17" inside a variable.
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  • claudiovc Profile Picture
    claudiovc 94 on at
    HI.
     
    Please try this
     
    split(split(outputs('subject'),'[')[1],']')[0]
     
    I hope it helps!
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    Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,
     
     
    Answers provided by @claudiovc is correct, in addition you can try below approaches :)
    2 ways you can try :
     
    1. String manipulation.
     
     
    Expression - 
    slice(outputs('Compose'),add(indexOf(outputs('Compose'),'['),1),indexOf(outputs('Compose'),']'))
     
     
    Output you will get : 
     
     
    2nd approach- (quite advanced and using regex)
     
    Here this method is optional and you can use regular expressions to capture the details present b/w []. for this you need to write an office script and run that script using power automate, see below
     
    This article explains how to use regex pattern to get details.
     
    in your case- regex pattern should be: (?<=\[).*(?=\])
     
     
    Hope it helps !
     
    Thanks & Regards,
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