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How to get the 3rd element after doing a split

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Posted on by johnjohn123 3,502

I have this formula to concat and get the last element after doing a split:-

 

 

concat(body('GetRootFolder')['d']['ServerRelativeUrl'], '/', 'Closed','/',last(split(items('Apply_to_each'),'#;')))

 

but my question is how i can get the 3rd element inside the split array instead of the last element ?

 

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  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
    Pstork1 67,039 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: How to get the 3rd element after doing a split

    What was the error that you got?  The syntax might be off by a bit or the item may not have 3 or more parts after the split.  But here's an example of it working with a Split.

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    Pstork1 67,039 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: How to get the 3rd element after doing a split
    items('Apply_to_each')

    is JSON notation.  Everything in Power Automate is stored as JSON.

  • johnjohn123 Profile Picture
    johnjohn123 3,502 on at
    Re: How to get the 3rd element after doing a split

    @Pstork1 i tired applying your formula but got an error.. again i do not have a json

     

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    johnjohn123 3,502 on at
    Re: How to get the 3rd element after doing a split

    @Pstork1  thanks for the reply,, but i do not have a json, the value is inside an array and i am accessing the array inside an Apply_to_each

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    Pstork1 67,039 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: How to get the 3rd element after doing a split

    You can add an zero based integer Index to your JSON in place of the last()

    concat(body('GetRootFolder')['d']['ServerRelativeUrl'], '/', 'Closed','/',split(items('Apply_to_each'),'#;')[2]))

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