A community-built Power Platform sample

Utility flow to extract number by length

Extract number by its length from a given text or string.

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Manish Solanki

Last updated: Jan 2, 2025
Category: Cloud flows
Premium license: Not required
Experimental features: No

From idea to implementation

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Summary

This sample is a reusable child cloud flow that can be used for extracting a number by its length from a string. This flow takes input string and length of a digit or number to be extracted an its input parameters. This child flow can be called from the parent flow with the appropriate input parameters.

Flow overview

Applies to

Compatibility

Contributors

Manish Solanki

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	Jan 2, 2025	Initial release

Prerequisites

The caller parent flow should be solution aware to call this child flow using "Run a Child Flow" action.

Minimal Path to Awesome

Import Solution

Download the .zip from the solution folder
Import the .zip file using Solutions > Import Solution.

Using the source code

You can also use the Power Apps CLI to pack the source code by following these steps:

Clone the repository to a local drive
Pack the source files back into a solution .zip file:
```
pac solution pack --zipfile pathtodestinationfile --folder pathtosourcefolder --processCanvasApps
```
Making sure to replace pathtosourcefolder to point to the path to this sample's sourcecode folder, and pathtodestinationfile to point to the path of this solution's .zip file (located under the solution folder)
Within Power Apps Studio, import the solution .zip file using Solutions > Import Solution and select the .zip file you just packed.

Features

This sample illustrates the following concepts:

Reusablility using child flow
Perform string parsing to extract number by its length from a given input text or string
Use of Select & Filter action
Expression

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Disclaimer

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