Check if datatable contains some values and returns true or false?

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Hi,

Is there any way to check a datatable if it contains some values… and if it does it returns true.

I want to use it on do while loop.

Thanks

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yes of course
in for each row loop use a if condition like
row(“yourcolumnname”).tostring.contains(“yourstring”)
we can mention this even in a loop we want like in while loop
pass this as condition in if activity
outdt.Rows(rowindex)(columnindex).ToString.Contains(“yourvalue”)

Cheers @mz3bel

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Thanks @Palaniyappan

Not a row, the whole datatable, something like this

Not extracted.Contains(" [DATAS] = ‘DATA’ ") (NOT REAL)

ps : Just an example

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Fine
in that case
–convert a datatable to a string using output datatable activity and pass the input as datatable and get the output as a string named out_text
–now use a condition like out_text.ToString.Contains(“yourvalue”)

simple isnt it

Cheers @mz3bel

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Did that work to check the string
Cheers @mz3bel

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@Palaniyappan

Not yet, still trying… give me a minute please

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Fantastic
Cheers @mz3bel

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@Palaniyappan

I did this :

extractedAlarms.ToString.Contains(" [DATA] = ‘40100’ OR [DATA] = ‘30800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘40101’ OR [DATA] = ‘30000’ OR [DATA] = ‘1600’ OR [DATA] = ‘30200’ OR [DATA] = ‘40102’ ").ToString

But return false, which it shouldn’t…

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is this is a string in that text @mz3bel
[DATA] = ‘40100’ OR [DATA] = ‘30800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘40101’ OR [DATA] = ‘30000’ OR [DATA] = ‘1600’ OR [DATA] = ‘30200’ OR [DATA] = ‘40102’

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extratctAlarms is a datatable

[DATA] = ‘40100’ OR [DATA] = ‘30800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘40101’ OR [DATA] = ‘30000’ OR [DATA] = ‘1600’ OR [DATA] = ‘30200’ OR [DATA] = ‘40102’

Data inside the datatable, which i need to find if i want to continue the process.

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Fine
do You mean DATA is a column
Cheers

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No as datatable type, like a table

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extractedAlarms (assing) extractedAlarms.Select(" [DATA] = ‘40100’ OR [DATA] = ‘30800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘40101’ OR [DATA] = ‘30000’ OR [DATA] = ‘1600’ OR [DATA] = ‘30200’ OR [DATA] = ‘40102’ ").CopyToDataTable()

I did this once, to select only that data…

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this should be a columnname buddy
thats why i asked whether its a column name or not
how we want to filter and look for condition now
Kindly elaborate a bit more pls
Cheers @mz3bel

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Yes yes sorry that’s a column name, didn’t unterstand you at first.

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Ok, my data has like 38k rows… my robot can only process like 1k of that data, all the rest, can’t be done by a robot for now.

So from a web table, which shows that data, i use extract data activity… and process it with the robot. But sometimes i don’t find the data needed. So the robot crashes. This is why i want to put a while loop so he can keep looking untel he get the data needed.

The data stored on the web changes every 30 secondes…

I used select with the column so i can filter the data i can process, now i want to use that same idea to loop untel he gets the data…

I need something like this :

extractedAlarms.Contains(" [DATA] = ‘40100’ OR [DATA] = ‘30800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7800’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘7900’ OR [DATA] = ‘40101’ OR [DATA] = ‘30000’ OR [DATA] = ‘1600’ OR [DATA] = ‘30200’ OR [DATA] = ‘40102’ ") = True or False?

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There’s an activity that’s already available for this. Take a look at Lookup Data Table. It will check whether a value exists within a column and return -1 if not present otherwise give the index at which the first instance is present.

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Thank you @dmccammond, can you please tell me how does it works?

Because i looked on internet, but couldn’t unterstand how.

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@Palaniyappan

Hi, how can i use this activity for my issue please?

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lets do one thing, in a very simple way
keep all these values
{“40100”,“30800”,“7800”,“7900”,“7900”,“40101”,“30000”,“1600”,“30200”,“40102”}
is a string array named str_array
then
–use a for each row loop and pass the datatable variable as input
–inside the loop use a if condition like
str_array.Contains(row(“yourcolumnname”).ToString)
if the above condition satisifies it will go to THEN part of if condition where we can mention like a write line activity
"the column has the value "+row(“yourcolumnname”).ToString

hope this would help you
Cheers @mz3bel

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