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Hi I have a Testlist, in this test are date values i want to replace the dates with nothing. (Remove the dates). So i used the Action to detect date entities to get all dates from the text. These Dates i want to replace.

It doesn't work with the following screenshot:

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Deenuji_Loganathan_ 6,255 Moderator on at

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Could you please share the testlist screenshot with values pls?

Or Are you trying the replace the dates from below datatable?

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The image shows the TextList* which i have with the dates.

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exactly

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@Zohaib1999
Here you go!! We have multiple ways to do that.
But below is PAD way of doing(Not scripts):
1. Create one more list variable as per your wish(In this example, I have created like Date_Replaced_Quelltext)
2. Iterate the previous list(Quelltext) using foreach
3. Replace date with empty string using regex
4. Insert the new value into newly created list
Result:
Code:
Variables.CreateNewList List=> QuellText
Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''21 23.02.2024''' List: QuellText
Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''00:00''' List: QuellText
Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''am''' List: QuellText
Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''bis''' List: QuellText
Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''23.02.2024''' List: QuellText
Variables.AddItemToList Item: $'''Way 01.01.2024''' List: QuellText
Variables.CreateNewList List=> Date_Replaced_QuellText
LOOP FOREACH CurrentItem IN QuellText
Text.Replace Text: CurrentItem TextToFind: $'''\\b\\d{2}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{4}\\b''' IsRegEx: True IgnoreCase: False ReplaceWith: $'''%''%''' ActivateEscapeSequences: False Result=> Replaced
Variables.AddItemToList Item: Replaced List: Date_Replaced_QuellText
END

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Zohaib1999 132 on at

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is it posssible to say i want all the information from this list to get replaced?

Replace text action:
Here i searched for %columnAsList% which shows the results of the dates (screenshot above). How should i write the code %columnAsList% correctly?

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@Zohaib1999 - Please follow the below screenshot
Text to find value(Regex): \b\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{4}\b

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The Goal which I had was to get all the dates first as a variable in form of %columnAsList%. These dates are in the %PDFText%. So i wanted to replace the dates from the PDFText with the %ColumnAsList% Results

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@Zohaib1999 I'm quite confused. Could you please explain your full requirement with some screenshot?

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First Step : Analyze the Dates from the -PDFText-

Second: Fill the Results in a TextList

Replace the Results with nothing or test

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@Zohaib1999
In that case, there would be no need for a round trip approach to substitute the dates in the "Recognizedentities" datatable.

Instead of converting it into a list, utilize the "Find or Replace in DataTable" action directly, located within the "Variables --> DataTable" package, and incorporate your parameters as illustrated below.

Text to find value(Regex): \b\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}(?:\d{2})?\b

Result:

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