Understanding list manipulation
Lists are data types of a specific type that can contain multiple data values. All list data values have a fixed memory location, which is known as an index. Arrays are of fixed size and defined at the creation of a variable. However, lists allow us to add, modify, and remove items during runtime. Similar to arrays, lists provide specific methods to manipulate their data, such as the following:
- Adding items
- Removing items
- Looping through elements in the list and performing specific actions on each
- Sorting items in the list
- Searching for an item
- Clearing items in a list
UiPath offers a collection of activities to perform the aforementioned actions efficiently. The activities that UiPath offers are listed here:
- Add to Collection: Adds new items to a specified collection variable. It is the equivalent of the
List.Add()function. - Clear Collection: Deletes all data from a specified collection variable. This function...
