Merge pull request #261175 from ecfan/select

Azure Logic Apps: [GitHub 114473] Select action - Create array with integers or strings, rather than objects

Author: JamesJBarnett

articles/logic-apps/logic-apps-data-operations-code-samples.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services: logic-apps
 ms.suite: integration
 ms.reviewer: estfan, azla
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 08/20/2022
+ms.date: 12/13/2023
 ---
 
 # Data operation code samples for Azure Logic Apps
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ To try the [**Parse JSON** action example](../logic-apps/logic-apps-perform-data
 
 ## Select
 
-To try the [**Select** action example](../logic-apps/logic-apps-perform-data-operations.md#select-action), here are the action definitions you can use:
+To try the [**Select** action example](../logic-apps/logic-apps-perform-data-operations.md#select-action), the following action definitions create a JSON object array from an integer array:
 
 ```json
 "actions": {
@@ -363,6 +363,43 @@ To try the [**Select** action example](../logic-apps/logic-apps-perform-data-ope
 },
 ```
 
+The following example shows action definitions that create a string array from a JSON object array, but for this task, next to the **Map** box, switch to text mode (![Icon for text mode.](media/logic-apps-perform-data-operations/text-mode.png)) in the designer, or use the code view editor instead:
+
+```json
+"actions": {
+   "Initialize_variable_-_object_array": {
+      "type": "InitializeVariable",
+      "inputs": {
+         "variables": [ 
+            {
+               "name": "myObjectArray",
+               "type": "Array",
+               "value": [
+                  {"Val":"1", "Txt":"One"},
+                  {"Val":"2", "Txt":"Two"},
+                  {"Val":"4", "Txt":"Four"},
+                  {"Val":"10", "Txt":"Ten"}
+               ]
+            }
+         ]
+      },
+      "runAfter": {}
+   },
+   "Select": {
+      "type": "Select",
+      "inputs": {
+         "from": "@body('myObjectArray')?['value']",
+         "select": "@{item()?['Txt']}"
+      },
+      "runAfter": {
+         "Initialize_variable_-_object_array": [
+           "Succeeded"
+         ]
+      }
+   }
+},
+```
+
 ## Next steps
 
 * [Perform data operations](../logic-apps/logic-apps-perform-data-operations.md)

articles/logic-apps/logic-apps-perform-data-operations.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services: logic-apps
 ms.suite: integration
 ms.reviewer: estfan, azla
 ms.topic: how-to
-ms.date: 05/23/2023
+ms.date: 12/13/2023
 # As a developer using Azure Logic Apps, I want to perform various data operations on various data types for my workflow in Azure Logic Apps.
 ---
 
@@ -1203,12 +1203,16 @@ If you used the Office 365 Outlook action, you get a result similar to the follo
 
 ## Select action
 
-To create an array that contains JSON objects built from the values in an existing array, use the **Select** action. For example, you can create a JSON object for each value in an integer array by specifying the properties that each JSON object must have and mapping the values from the source array to those properties.
-
-Although you can change the component JSON objects, the output array always has the same number of items as the source array. To use the output array from the **Select** action, subsequent actions must either accept arrays as input, or you might have to transform the output array into another compatible format.
+By default, the **Select** action creates an array that contains JSON objects built from the values in an existing array. For example, you can create a JSON object for each value in an integer array by specifying the properties that each JSON object must have and mapping the values from the source array to those properties. Although you can change the component JSON objects, the output array always has the same number of items as the source array. To use the output array from the **Select** action, subsequent actions must either accept arrays as input, or you might have to transform the output array into another compatible format.
 
 To try the **Select** action, follow these steps by using the workflow designer. Or, if you prefer working in the code view editor, you can copy the example **Select** and **Initialize variable** action definitions from this guide into your own logic app's underlying workflow definition: [Data operation code examples - Select](../logic-apps/logic-apps-data-operations-code-samples.md#select-action-example). For more information about this action in your underlying workflow definition, see [Select action](logic-apps-workflow-actions-triggers.md#select-action).
 
+> [!TIP]
+>
+> For an example that creates create an array with strings or integers built from the values in a JSON object array, 
+> see the **Select** and **Initliaze variable** action definitions in 
+> [Data operation code examples - Select](../logic-apps/logic-apps-data-operations-code-samples.md#select-action-example).
+
 ### [Consumption](#tab/consumption)
 
 1. In the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com), Visual Studio, or Visual Studio Code, open your logic app workflow in the designer.