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how to retrieve the value of each cell in an excel column?

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Posted on by Rocky94

Hello everyone,

I need to develop the following function with power automate desktop. Once i open an excel file and declare the range of cells in a column, for example A1:A5, copy the value of each cell and paste it in different notepad files.

For example: copy cell value A1 and paste it in a notepad1 file.
copy cell value A2 and paste it into notepad2 file. etc...

Can you help me how to create this loop?

Thanks:)

 

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  • Daniel_Pa Profile Picture
    Daniel_Pa 244 on at

    I've throw in an example below, which i believe would do the trick, although i haven't tested it. If you want to specify ranges, instead of including the full sheet you can use the "Display input dialog" and use the inputs as ranges for the loops.

    loop_cells.png

  • tkuehara Profile Picture
    tkuehara 667 on at

    Hi @Rocky94 

     

    If you only need values from a single column, then you could do something like this:

    tkuehara_3-1630426709698.png

     

    This is the result (each row is written to a new txt file):

    tkuehara_2-1630426683287.png

    tkuehara_4-1630426764045.png

     

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