Find

Find the first item in a list that meets a specified condition. To find based on more complex criteria, use Find Custom

Input

Field	Definition	Type	Required
list	List that is the target of the search performed by the Find function card.	List of Objects	TRUE
operator	Specific comparison to be performed on a list (see Table of Relational Operators below).	Dropdown	TRUE
path	When searching within a list of objects, path is the name of the key that holds the value you want to compare. Use a period to specify a path to an object inside another object (for example, customer.id). Leave this field blank when searching within a list of text, numbers, or date/time.	String	FALSE
comparison	Value that is the target for comparison.	String	TRUE

Use Find Custom if you require more options to determine if the item is a match. Use Filter or Filter Custom to find all of the elements in a list the match a criteria.

Output

Field	Definition	Type
item	First item in the list that meets the specified criteria.	Object
index	Location of the item in the original list, where 0 is the first item in the list. Returns -1 if there is no match.	Number

Table of Relational Operators

Operator	Use Case
equal to	Compare two texts, numbers, dates or true/false to see if they have the same value.
not equal	Compare two texts, numbers, dates or true/false to see if they have different values. To compare objects, use this option instead of doesn't have key.
greater than or equal	Compare two texts, numbers or dates to see if the first has the same or greater value than the second.
less than or equal	Compare two texts, numbers or dates to see if the first has the same or lesser value than the second.
greater than	Compare two texts, numbers or dates to see if the first has a greater value than the second.
less than	Compare two texts, numbers or dates to see if the first has a lesser value than the second.
a multiple of	Compare two numbers to see if value a is an exact multiple of value b. For example, 12, 0 and -4 are all multiples of 4, but 2, 3 and 7 are not.
in	Compare two texts to see if value a is a part of value b. For example, "test" is in "this is a test", but there is no "i" in "team".
not in	Compare two texts to see if value a is not part of value b.
has key	When value a is an object and value b is text, tests to see if the object has a key with the specified name. For example, true if value a is {"test":123} and value b is "test".
doesn't have key	When value a is an object and value b is text, tests to see if the object does not have a key with the specified name.
is empty	Checks to see if value a is empty; ignores value b. Definition of "empty" varies by type. Note: Only works for Text and Object. Numbers, Dates, T/F, are viewed as empty.
is not empty	Checks to see if value a is not empty. Note: Only works for Text and Object. Numbers, Dates, T/F, are viewed as empty.

Example 1

Conditions	Result
list is [1,22,30,4,35,46] operator is greater than path is left blank comparison is 30	item is 35 (the first number in the list greater than 30) and index is 4.

Example 2

Conditions	Result
list is [{"name":"Bob","department":"Sales"}, {"name":"Sarah","department":"Engineering"}] operator is equal to path is department comparison is is Engineering	item is {"name":"Sarah","department":"Engineering"} index is 1 (the first object in the list, in index position 1, where department is Engineering)

If you ran the same check but with comparison Marketing, then the result item would be {} and index is -1 since no objects match.

Related topics

Lists

Functions in Workflows

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