Push all string to a single string

Help
1

Hi Guys
I am looping through a Directory(folder1) and inside that directory, I have few files (fil1.txt, file2.txt, file3.txt…).
is there any way to push all files to a single string(file1.txt, file2.txt, file3.txt…)?

2

Hi,
In the loop you can read the text file using read text file activity and store the output of the activity in some variable say strFileContent

after reading text file use assign activity in left hand side use strFullFileContent and on right side of assign activity use strFullFileContent+strFileContent
so after the loop you will have content from all the files in a single variable strFullFileContent :slight_smile:

3

Hi @MartianxSpace

Yes. It is Possible. Just Do the below step :-

1st of all you must be getting all the files in a String Array by using below statement right ??

ArrayOfString FilesInDirectory[] = Directory.GetFiles(path)

So take assign activity

String var = String.Join(",",ArrayOfStringVariable)

i.e by my eg it will be FilesInDirectory

This will assign all the file names into a single String Variable

Mark as solution and like it if this helps you :slight_smile:

Happy Automation :raised_hands:

Best Regards
Er Pratik Wavhal :robot::man_technologist:t4: :computer:

1 Like
4

Hi,

If you want to writhe file names in a string,

  • Take an empty string (Ex: FilenameStringVal = “”)
  • In the directory loop get the file names with extension (file1.txt, File2.txt etc…)
  • Concatinate the file names in the empty string (FilenameStringVal = FilenameStringVal+", "+filename.txt)

Try the above steps and let me know if any doubts.
Mark as solution if it works

5

I don’t want to read the files content inside the folder, i need only file path

Let’s assume i have a directory called “MainDirectory”, inside the directory i have few attachments and the paths are (“D:\MainDirectory\Test1.PNG”, “D:\MainDirectory\Test2.PNG” …) etc.

After Putting the “MainDirectory” in a for each loop it’s giving me the file path one by one, so i want to put all the attachment path in one single string like

allPaths = D:\MainDirectory\Test1.PNG D:\MainDirectory\Test2.PNG…

6

Hi @MartianxSpace

Try the approach that i have given by using

String.Join(",",Directory.GetFiles("D:\MainDirectory"))

Mark as solution and like it if this helps you :slight_smile:

Happy Automation :raised_hands:

Best Regards
Er Pratik Wavhal :robot::man_technologist:t4: :computer:

7

This is exactly what i wanted.
Dude you are awesome, Thanks.

8

Hi @MartianxSpace

You are welcome :blush:

Happy Automation :raised_hands:

Best Regards
Er Pratik Wavhal :robot::man_technologist:t4: :computer:

9

This topic was automatically closed 3 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.