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Get A Value From A Record (Lookup & Positional) Input collection: myCars23 SerialNo Year Make Model 6453 2016 Toyota Corolla 8946 2014 Honda Civic 3571 2019 ...

Matthew Devaney
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Imported reference from Matthew Devaney's blog for learning purposes. Original: https://www.matthewdevaney.com/powerapps-collections-cookbook/get-a-value-from-a-record-lookup-positional/. Author: Matthew Devaney.

Get A Value From A Record (Lookup & Positional) Input collection: myCars23 SerialNo Year Make Model 6453 2016 Toyota Corolla 8946 2014 Honda Civic 3571 2019 Toyota Camry 1165 2018 Honda Civic 8973 2018 Hyundai Elantra 4529 2020 Honda Accord

Output value: mySolution23a (model of car with row with SerialNo 8973) Elantra Solution code: //Create a collection

ClearCollect(myCars23, { SerialNo : "6453" , Year : 2016 , Make : "Toyota" , Model : "Corolla" }, { SerialNo : "8946" , Year : 2014 , Make : "Honda" , Model : "Civic" }, { SerialNo : "3571" , Year : 2019 , Make : "Toyota" , Model : "Camry" }, { SerialNo : "1165" , Year : 2018 , Make : "Honda" , Model : "Civic" }, { SerialNo : "8973" , Year : 2018 , Make : "Hyundai" , Model : "Elantra" }, { SerialNo : "4529" , Year : 2020 , Make : "Honda" , Model : "Accord" } ); //Get cell from 1st matching row

Set ( mySolution23a, LookUp(myCars23,SerialNo= "8973" , Model) ); Code language: JavaScript ( javascript )

Output value: mySolution 23b (make of car on 4th row) Honda Solution code: //Create a collection

ClearCollect(myCars23, { SerialNo : "6453" , Year : 2016 , Make : "Toyota" , Model : "Corolla" }, { SerialNo : "8946" , Year : 2014 , Make : "Honda" , Model : "Civic" }, { SerialNo : "3571" , Year : 2019 , Make : "Toyota" , Model : "Camry" }, { SerialNo : "1165" , Year : 2018 , Make : "Honda" , Model : "Civic" }, { SerialNo : "8973" , Year : 2018 , Make : "Hyundai" , Model : "Elantra" }, { SerialNo : "4529" , Year : 2020 , Make : "Honda" , Model : "Accord" } ); //Get cell from table position code

Set ( mySolution23b, Last(FirstN(myCars23, 4 )).Make ); Code language: JavaScript ( javascript )

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