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How to add line break after , in power automate.

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Posted on 2 Aug 2022 09:36:03 by MicSokoli

Is it possible to add line breaks in power automate? I have created a Forms answer and there is a question with a long line for text, the user has been instructed to end the line with a ",", I would therefore like to break the lines in the power automate so that when the flow sends me an email with new answers, the answers should be filtered according to this way.
Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer 3
Today I get these answers: answer 1, answer 2, answer 3.

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MicSokoli 12 on 02 Aug 2022 at 12:47:28

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Re: How to add line break after , in power automate.

Than you Paulie this did it! and also thank you very much Caspar!
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Paulie78 8,407 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 02 Aug 2022 at 11:38:26

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Re: How to add line break after , in power automate.

Because your intended output is an email, you want a BR tag, not a new line. Take a look at the following:

This produces the output:

answer 1<br /> answer 2<br /> answer 3

Which would work well in your email.

The expression I used is:

replace(outputs('Compose'), ',','<br />')

You would need to replace: outputs('Compose') with the response from your form.

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MicSokoli 12 on 02 Aug 2022 at 10:40:10

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Re: How to add line break after , in power automate.

Hi Caspar
Thank you for the answer.
I dont understand what you mean by "change the 'outputs('Compose_-_Anwer')' part with the dynamic value of the answer of the form..."
I will send you my flow and you can see what i have done wrong since its not formating.
Please see pictues below.
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Caspar_Rubin 830 on 02 Aug 2022 at 09:49:44

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Re: How to add line break after , in power automate.

Hey,

you could create a variable (initialize variable action) named "NewLine", Type "String" and Value is just a new line (press enter once inside the text field)

Then you can use the replace() function to replace all commas with the NewLine variable.
Expression used:

replace(outputs('Compose_-_Anwer'), ',',variables('NewLine'))

change the 'outputs('Compose_-_Anwer')' part with the dynamic value of the answer of the form...

So basically this:

results in this:

let us know if this works for you!

cheers