Zap Template: Remove items from a list

What if you've got a list of 4 items, and you always want to remove say the third one. Use this zap to do that.

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Click here to install this zap in your account

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How to use

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Given an incoming list of items, in this case separated by a comma, we first use a 'Formatter->Text->Split' step to break it up. Importantly, we return all parts as separate fields. If your list is separated by something other than comma, you can adjust the zap accordingly.

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Each word will then come back as its own field.

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In the next step, we then use a 'Formatter->Text->Replace' step to remove one of the words. We do that by finding one of the words, and replace it with nothing. In effect - removing it.

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Finally, the output will have a duplicate comma we need to remove. We do that with another 'Formatter->Text->Replace' step, finding the ,, and replacing with ,

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The output is our original string with the word removed.

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If you need further help setting this up, check out this video:

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