Calculations and comparisons
Create steps in your workflow that allow calculations and comparing data.
Calculating formulas
This operation allows you to carry out arithmetic operations.- In your workflow editor, click + Add step.
- Select Integrations > Quick action.
- Click Configure.
- Click the Quick Action operation field and select Calculate formula.
- Enter your formula. Tip: you can include numbers, text, operators, and data references (the values in input fields from previous steps)
- If you want to use the comparison result in later steps add the result variable in the Response data for use in later steps. The variable’s value should be
$.result
Comparing formulas
- In your workflow editor, click + Add step.
- Select Integrations > Quick action.
- Click Configure.
- Click the Quick Action operation field and select Compare formula.
- Enter your formula. Tip: you can include numbers, brackets, operators, and data references (the values in input fields from previous steps)
Supported operations
Calculating formulas
| - | add | 1+1 = 2 |
| - | subtract | 4-2 = 2 |
| / | divide | 4/2 = 2 |
| - | multiply | 2*2 = 4 |
| ** | exponents (to the power of) | 3**2 = 9 |
| % | remainder (amount left over) | 5%2 = |
Comparing data
| Operator | Description | Expression example | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
== | equals | 2==2 | True |
< | less | 1<2 | True |
> | greater | 1>2``{1. New form - Date Input - Date (plain)} (%s) > {Instance start time} (%s) | False True (used to compare dates) |
<= | less than or equal to | 2<=2 | True |
> = | greater than or equal to | 1>=2 | False |
endswith | Looks for text ending with a provided phrase; comparing ends of strings | endswith(".txt", "text.txt") endswith(".txt", "{{data_reference_to_filename}}") | returns True if the string ends with the specified suffix, otherwise False. |
startswith | Looks for text starting with a provided phrase; comparing the beginnings of strings | startswith("pata", "patata") startswith("pata", "{{data_reference_to_filename}}") | returns True if the string starts with the specified suffix, otherwise False. |
in | Checks if a value exists within a sequence Note that list evaluations such as 1 in [1,2,3] are not supported using in and not in operators. | "ana" in "banana" | True |
and | boolean operator; Use to combine multiple comparison expressions when you need all conditions to be true. | ("monday"=="monday") and 2>1 | True |
or | boolean operator; When using or, the combined condition evaluates to True if at least one of the individual conditions is True. If all conditions are False, the combined condition will evaluate to False. | ("{{data_reference_to_fruit}}") == ("apple") or ("{{data_reference_to_fruit}}") == ("banana") or ("{{data_reference_to_fruit}}") == ("cherry") | True |
Comparing regular expressions
| Regex example | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
match_regex('\\d{3}-\\d{2}-\\d{4}', '123-45-6789') | Checks whether the string matches a specific regular expression pattern | True |
match_regex('\\d{3}-\\d{2}-\\d{4}', '45-6789') | Checks whether the string matches a specific regular expression pattern | False |
match_regex('te.\*st', 'tessssst') | Checks whether the string matches a specific regular expression pattern | True |
match_regex('te.+st', 'test') | Checks whether the string matches a specific regular expression pattern | False |
match_regex("((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?)(?:[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9.-]+|(?:www.|[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z0-9.-]+)((?:\/\[\+~%\/.\\w-_]_)?\??(?:\[-\+=&;%@.\\w_]\_)#?(?:[.\!\/\\w]\*))?)", "[www.url-with-querystring.com/?url=has-querystring"](http://www.url-with-querystring.com/?url=has-querystring") | Checks if the string contains a URL that matches the pattern defined by the regular expression. | True |
match_regex("((([A-Za-z]{3,9}:(?:\/\/)?)(?:[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)?[A-Za-z0-9.-]+|(?:www.|[-;:&=\+\$,\w]+@)[A-Za-z0-9.-]+)((?:\/\[\+~%\/.\\w-_]_)?\??(?:\[-\+=&;%@.\\w_]\_)#?(?:[.\!\/\\w]\*))?)", "not_valid.url-with-querystring.com/?url=has-querystring") | Checks if the string contains a URL that matches the pattern defined by the regular expression. | False |
For limitations in the supported regular expressions, see Syntax (external page). You can use this external page to test if your expression is correct.