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Can you reference variables inside of list index?

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I have a list of text that I want to loop through and reference the index of my list plus 1 because I want the next line. I can elaborate more on what the goal of the loop is but my question - can I reference a variable inside of an index, if so how?

Parameter 'Add item': Syntax error.

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MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

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Yes. First, in your Loop, use %TextList.Count - 1% because it's 0 based, so your if .Count = 10, your last item is [9].

You have the AddItemtoList almost correct. Within a variable, you don't need % signs, so:

%TextList[IndexPlus1]%

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I updated the actions, and the flow is looping through TextList, but for some reason no items are being added to the CatalogNums list. When I look at the textList variable it shows items with a length of ten characters.
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@tgut03

Please try the below approach:

Code(copy and paste the below code into your power automate desktop):
SET File TO $'''C:\\Users\\Downloads\\output.pdf''' Pdf.ExtractTextFromPDF.ExtractText PDFFile: File DetectLayout: False ExtractedText=> pdf Text.SplitText.Split Text: pdf StandardDelimiter: Text.StandardDelimiter.NewLine DelimiterTimes: 1 Result=> TextList Variables.CreateNewList List=> CatalogNums SET Counter TO 0 LOOP FOREACH CurrentItem IN TextList # Check currenitem length is equal to 10 then it will add next list element into catalognums list IF CurrentItem.Length > 10 THEN # Access next item and store into list Variables.AddItemToList Item: TextList[Counter + 1] List: CatalogNums END SET Counter TO Counter + 1 END

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