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Last modified: August 2, 2022

1 Introduction

With this activity you can change a list that is stored in a variable.

See Microflow Element Common Properties for properties that all microflow activities share (for example, caption). This page only describes the properties specific to the action.

2 Input Properties

2.1 List

Defines the list variable that is changed.

3 Action Properties

3.1 Type

Defines the type of change that is applied to the list.

Option	Description
Add	The object(s) referred to by value are added to the list. The same object can be added multiple times.
Remove	The object(s) referred to by value are removed from the list. If there are duplicate objects in the list, then only one will be removed. If you ask to remove an object which isn’t in the list, there is no error
Clear	The list is emptied.
Replace	The list is emptied and the object(s) referred to by value are added to the list.

Default value: Add

If you do not want duplicates in your (microflow) list, you can either remove the object(s) first, or use the Contains List Operation to examine the list before adding the object(s).

This works differently in nanoflows. In a nanoflow objects will not be added if they are already in the list whereas, in a microflow, the same object can be added multiple times.

3.2 Value

Value defines the value that is used to change the list. The value is entered using an expression. The expression should result in an object or list of the same entity as the input list.