How conditions can compare if 2 multi value tokens are equal

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replied on April 28, 2014

Workflow does not have any built-in conditions for set operations currently, so you will have to script it.

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replied on October 7, 2014 • Show version history

I am not a scripter but I need to compare two multi-value tokens to see if they equal.. I just ran into the fact that it only uses the first value on the right side of the condition check. Is this something that could be sent to me or am I going to have to become a coder just to compare two multi-value fields?

My use case is that I have hidden history fields that contain copies of the regular multi-value field and I keep comparing against them when Entry Changed - Template Field Set to see if it's that field that changes. I need to compare all values in the history field against all values in the original field and then I send a notification when the they are no longer equal.

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replied on October 7, 2014

If you are determined not to code what you can do is use 2 'For Each Value' Activities on each of your multi-valued tokens. Since you only want to compare the first position in the first token with the first position in the second, in your conditional you want to check if the values are not equal when the iterations are equal. If the values are ever unequal, you can go ahead and and send the notification because it means the token is unequal.

I put together a sample workflow of what it might look like, which creates a token 'False' whenever the values are not the same.

I'd also recommend scripting but if you're determined this is a workaround.

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