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Posted on by rprahalad 377

 Hello All,

 

I have an UpdateContext thus:

 

UpdateContext({ varConcatenatedStates: Match(Concat( varStateNames, Value & ", " ), "^(?<trim>.*), $").trim});

 

This is returning "Texas, California, Texas, Virginia"

 

How can I distinct varConcatednatedStates so that I just have one occurrence of a state name (Texas in the above string) in the result?

 

Thanks in advance!

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    RandyHayes 76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    I would consider applying your Distinct to the varStateNames as this is the only table in your formula.

    ie.  Distinct(varStateName, Value)

     

    I hope this is helpful for you.

     

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    rprahalad 377 on at

    @RandyHayes , you literally read my mind:-). I did exactly that and I came here to Update this thread.

     

    Since I was in a ForAll Loop to Collect varStateNames, I did it proactively and slightly differently. I just did:

     

    If(Not(StateName in varStateNames), Collect(varStateNames, StateName));

     

    But thanks though! 

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