extractanswers() Function

Function

extractanswers( questions, text )

Returns an array of strings that respond to the questions provided. The expected format of the question and answer text is the format returned by insertquestions().

See also: insertquestions()

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
questions	Text Array	Array of questions.
text	Text	Text representing the questions and answers.

Returns

Text Array

Examples

extractanswers({"What is your name?", "What is your age?"}, "1. What is your name? Ben 2. What is your age? 47 <<<###>>>") returns {"Ben", "47"}

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	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Compatible
Process Events	Compatible

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