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Struggling to convert the data type of a variable

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Posted on by kevinjeronne
I have a flow that only takes string but when asking questions in copilot the variable is literally a choice type. 
I tried creating a string variable and then setting it to the choice variable but its not allowed. 

I tried to create a formula Text() but the variable is not found in the intellisense. 
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    Mahesh Chintha 173 on at
    You should be able to convert the choice to string using Text(Topic.<variable name>) if the variable is declared at the Topic level. 

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