{"id":1813,"date":"2019-11-13T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/intermediate-flow-of-the-week-expressions-for-non-developers-part-i\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:01:14","slug":"intermediate-flow-of-the-week-expressions-for-non-developers-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/intermediate-flow-of-the-week-expressions-for-non-developers-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate | Flow of the Week : Expressions for Non-Developers Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Hello Flow Fans!<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Today&#8217;s post is written by Ed Gonzales; Community Super User and all around superstar!<\/p>\n<p>As part of a series intended to help non-developers (like me) brave some of the intimidating aspects of Power Automate, I wanted to cover one of my favorite expressions in a very simple Flow\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/canvas-apps\/functions\/function-split\">split()<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Split is used to break up text string into an array, or a \u2018table of substrings\u2019 using a delimiter of your choosing.\u00a0 You can also use a zero-length (blank) string, which will result in each character being broken out individually.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s example, we\u2019ll use the function to extract the first and last name from an Email address which is formatted as firstname.lastname@email.com.\u00a0 We\u2019ll use a manual trigger with a text input to get started, but you can insert this after any step passing your desired text string.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1814\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/powerautomateblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerautomateblog\/2019\/11\/1.png\" width=\"627\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Click \u201cAdd an input\u201d and select \u201cText\u201d.\u00a0 Even though we are collecting an Email address, selecting \u201cEmail\u201d will cause Flow to try to resolve the address to your specific tenant.\u00a0 Next, we\u2019ll add a Compose action so we have a place to manipulate our string from the manual trigger.\u00a0 Click in the input field for the Compose, and then choose \u201cExpression\u201d to start building:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1815\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/powerautomateblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerautomateblog\/2019\/11\/2.png\" width=\"964\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the sample input, Ed.Gonzales@email.com, we\u2019ll want to first split on the \u2018@\u2019 which will give us two elements: \u201cEd.Gonzales\u201d and \u201cemail.com\u201d.\u00a0 Then, we can further parse the first element on the period, which will produce two more elements, \u201cEd\u201d and \u201cGonzales\u201d.\u00a0 With nested functions, I like to start in the middle and work my way out, so the first iteration will begin by typing \u201csplit(\u201c in the expression box, then clicking back to \u201cDynamic content\u201d to select the input from the previous step.\u00a0 Add a comma and your delimiter (\u2018@\u2019) in single quotes.\u00a0 It should end up looking like this:<\/p>\n<p>split(triggerBody()[&#8216;text&#8217;],&#8217;@&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>Flow assigns numbers to each element (beginning with zero), so if I only want the first element of the output array, I\u2019ll add a [0] at the end like this:<\/p>\n<p>split(triggerBody()[&#8216;text&#8217;],&#8217;@&#8217;)[0]<\/p>\n<p>This should result in an output that is <em>only<\/em> \u201cEd.Gonzales\u201d.\u00a0 To further separate this part, I\u2019ll add another split before the original, and then add a new comma at the end with \u2018.\u2019 as the second delimiter.\u00a0 The second iteration should look like this:<\/p>\n<p>split(split(triggerBody()[&#8216;text&#8217;],&#8217;@&#8217;)[0],&#8217;.&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1816\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/powerautomateblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerautomateblog\/2019\/11\/3.png\" width=\"575\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This should give two elements \u201cEd\u201d and \u201cGonzales\u201d.\u00a0 So now, it\u2019s just a matter of assigning one element to a Compose for FirstName, and another for the LastName.\u00a0 Using my original Compose for FirstName, I just added the [0] at the end of the whole thing to only look at the first element.\u00a0 Also, to reduce complications later, I\u2019ll convert everything from an array back to a string using the function of the same name:<\/p>\n<p>string(split(split(triggerBody()[&#8216;text&#8217;],&#8217;@&#8217;)[0],&#8217;.&#8217;)[0])<\/p>\n<p>Copy that step and change the last element selection to [1] to grab the last name:<\/p>\n<p>string(split(split(triggerBody()[&#8216;text&#8217;],&#8217;@&#8217;)[0],&#8217;.&#8217;)[1])<\/p>\n<p>The results should look something like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1817\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/powerautomateblogmedia.azureedge.net\/powerautomateblog\/2019\/11\/4.png\" width=\"522\"\/><\/p>\n<p>From there, you can add the data into whatever connector you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n<p>Play around with it, make mistakes, and learn along the way!<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Try. 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Repeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><em>Ed Gonzales has been working in technology for twenty-five years, covering many roles and developing new ones along the way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><em>His journey to bring customer relationship management (xRM) solutions to his current employer led to thought-leadership awards and recognition from leading industry experts and his peer community group.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><em>Ever the polymath, his current endeavors include aviation science, aquaponics, and fostering orphaned kittens.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><em>More information and his personal blog can be found at\u00a0<a data-auth=\"Verified\" href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flyingpolymath.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjolevesq%40microsoft.com%7Ce34bded661ae420da3cc08d768595215%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637092605155704111&amp;sdata=9jtasktjbrh9vWDYpV%2BDlNSeCnrFasbm4oTm8ujSmag%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.flyingpolymath.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\">flyingpolymath.com<\/a>\u00a0and you can also connect with him on LinkedIn at\u00a0<a data-auth=\"Verified\" href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fedgonzales%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjolevesq%40microsoft.com%7Ce34bded661ae420da3cc08d768595215%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637092605155714105&amp;sdata=m7B4iXkBICcm7%2BMDElBkmf6C8a4hcbZw6DCRgwZs0Pk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/edgonzales\/. 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