Need to remove duplicates from output of applytoeach list

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in the above screen shot in the Compose 2 action named region - I am getting list of regions but contains duplicates.

I have to remove duplicates.

In one of the post it was said to remove duplicates use union on some variable.

I tried to do but . I tried adding Append to array variable but when I click on Name drop down list I don't see any.

what name I have to choose?

where should I initialize the variable.

It seems I can't initialize in ApplyToEach, I can only use append array variable.

Any help ?

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DeepakS 2,301 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @ShivaPatpi

Here is an example Power Automate to remove duplicates form an Array:

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@ShivaPatpi or you can just use a Union expression which strips out duplicates from the 2 variables:

union(variables('varTown'),variables('varTownCounty'))

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Hi @ShivaPatpi ,

You could first append all regions to an array variable and then use the union() function to remove duplicate elements from the array.

Finally, you could use the Join action to extract regions.

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@v-bacao-msft , what will be the Join with value ?

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What should be the Join With ???

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Also i am getting above error when i try to add Append to array variable

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i was able to figure it out. I was self referencing the same variable twice in the for each loop which was going in a cycle.

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