Is there a function to create a delimited list from a specific column of a dataset?

example dataset:

column_FirstName column_LastName
Bob Smith
Jim Young
Dan Berry


dataset.FirstName list = Bob,Jim,Dan

dataset.LastName list = Smith,Young,Berry

Thanks.

Hi Dave,

Automate does not have a function that will do what you are looking for. You would need to loop the dataset and populate a variable with the desired information and deliminator. Attached is code for a sample Automate 11 task showing how this can be accomplished. To utilize, create a csv file on your desktop with the filename names.csv. Use FirstName and LastName for the column headers, then populate any first and last names you wish. The task will then loop and populate two variables, varFirstName, and varLastName with the respective names separated by a comma. After the loop is completed a dialog box will display the results.


Task Steps: (Right click, Select All, Copy to copy to the clipboard. Steps can then be pasted into the AutoMate Task Builder)
<AMVARIABLE NAME="varIndex" VALUE="1" /> <AMVARIABLE NAME="varLastName" VALUE="" /> <AMVARIABLE NAME="varFirstName" VALUE="" /> <AMFILESYSTEM ACTIVITY="csv_to_dataset" SOURCE="%GetDesktopDirectory()%\names.csv" RESULTDATASET="dataset" /> <AMLOOP ACTIVITY="dataset" DATASET="dataset" /> <AMIF EXPRESSION="%varIndex% = 1" /> <AMVARIABLE ACTIVITY="set" VARIABLENAME="varFirstName">%dataset.FirstName%</AMVARIABLE> <AMVARIABLE ACTIVITY="set" VARIABLENAME="varLastName">%dataset.LastName%</AMVARIABLE> <AMELSE /> <AMVARIABLE ACTIVITY="set" VARIABLENAME="varFirstName">%varFirstName%,%dataset.FirstName%</AMVARIABLE> <AMVARIABLE ACTIVITY="set" VARIABLENAME="varLastName">%varLastName%,%dataset.LastName%</AMVARIABLE> <AMIF ACTIVITY="end" /> <AMVARIABLE ACTIVITY="increment" RESULTVARIABLE="varIndex" /> <AMLOOP ACTIVITY="end" /> <AMSHOWDIALOG>First Names: %varFirstName% Last Names: %varLastName%</AMSHOWDIALOG>

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