what's wrong with this if statement....

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I'm using modern designer and it's saying there's an error in my format.

On the prev action I split a string based on a "space"
This action is called "SplitName"

split(item()?['name'],' ')

I then am inserting into a string DV field...trying to use...

if(length(outputs('SplitName')) > 1, outputs('SplitName')[1],'')

pretty basic stuff...the error is ... This expression has a problem. You can fix it manually or with Copilot.

it would accept length(outputs('SplitName')) but I'm throwing a conditional if in there... basically grab the 2nd item in the array if there's a value.

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Chriddle 8,685 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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There is no operator ">" in Power Automate expressions.

Check function greater()

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David_MA 14,360 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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The issue is with the ">" character in the expression. That is not valid. I am going by memory and haven't tested this, but the correct expression should be: if(isgreater(length(outputs('SplitName')), 1), outputs('SplitName')[1], '')

You need to use isgreater instead of >

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The final syntax for the record was...

if(greater(length(outputs('SplitName')), 1), outputs('SplitName')[1], '')

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