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
Process Autoscaling	Compatible

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