Why action "Extract data from web page" store the value in a variable has the format of row and column ?

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I have this action:

WebAutomation.ExtractData.ExtractSingleValue BrowserInstance: Browser ExtractionParameters: {[$'''a.link:nth-child(4)''', $'''Href''', $''''''] } TimeoutInSeconds: 60 ExtractedData=> InDownLink

But the variable "InDownLink" store the value in row and column format , why is that ?

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That's because this is what the action is built to do. In most cases it is used to retrieve more than one value - you'd be extracting lists or tables. If all you need is a single value, you can do that by using Get details of element in web page instead. So, the Extract data from web page action is designed to always return a data table, regardless of how many values you extract.

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