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I am trying to extract the value "test" from the following text by searching for "First name:" There is a line break after "test" that should be used to help extract the value "test". Not shown below in the example is I have randomized text and a line break that occurs before "First name". Can anyone help me out?

First name:

test

Last name:

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Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

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Re: Search and return value from text

Hey @Shaebert

I did it like this:

Took your data in a compose.
Then initialized a string variable with an empty line.
Then used another compose. In that wrote the following expression:
split(outputs('Compose'),variables('A'))[1]
Output:

I hope this helps 🙂

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Shaebert 107 on at

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Re: Search and return value from text

I forgot to mention. The order the data is entered can sometimes rearrange. So the next variation of the data could have the last name and first name switched.

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Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

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Re: Search and return value from text

@Shaebert

Compose 2 Expression:
split(outputs('Compose'),variables('A'))
Compose 5 Expression:
if(equals(outputs('Compose_2')[0],'First name:'),outputs('Compose_2')[1],outputs('Compose_2')[4])

Output:

I hope this will help. 🙂
Going to sleep now 5am here.
I hope I will get a thumbs up for this. Hehe 😉

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Zak 8 on at

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Re: Search and return value from text

HI @Shaebert hope this will help
https://www.enjoysharepoint.com/power-automate-split-string-into-an-array/#:~:text=Power%20automate%20split%20string%20into%20array%20line%20break,-Here%20we%20will&text=In%20the%20Power%20automate%20click,click%20on%20the%20Next%20step.&text=Select%20the%20Initialize%20variable%20action,two%20spaces%20after%20the%20split.

Then utilize this functions:
Actions: Condition
Function: first(), split(),

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Shaebert 107 on at

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Re: Search and return value from text

Hi Sundeep, no luck. I get the following error:

InvalidTemplate. Unable to process template language expressions in action 'Compose_2' inputs at line '0' and column '0': 'The template language expression 'if(equals(outputs('Compose')[0],'First name:'),outputs('Compose')[1],outputs('Compose')[4]) ' cannot be evaluated because array index '4' is outside bounds (0, 0) of array. Please see https://aka.ms/logicexpressions for usage details.'.

See the attached flow.

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Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

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Re: Search and return value from text

@Shaebert

In the image that you have posted, I see you have a link and its totally different from the sample you have given above.

Btw for yesterday, I had added one more word at the end:
First name:
test

Last name:
data

Can you please send that link here, I will give you another solution.

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