merge() Function

Function

merge( list )

Takes a variable number of lists and merges them into a single list (or a list of lists) that is the size of the largest list provided.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
list	Any Type Array	Variable number of lists to merge into one list.

Returns

Any Type

Usage considerations

Use this function when you have a looping function referencing a rule or function that takes more than one argument. The order of the argument must match the order of your rule input parameters.

Shorter lists are padded with null entries.

Examples

merge({1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}) returns 1, 4, 2, 5, 3, 6

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Compatible	Can be used to create a custom record field that only evaluates at sync time.
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.

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