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Can the buttonAsync be created dynamically?


I have an array of Order Numbers called filteredOrderNames. Can each value of the array serve as the button label?


let selectedOrder = await input.buttonsAsync(
'Select Order Group from List below',
[
{label: filteredOrdersNames, value: filteredOrders}
]);

Yes, this can be done using the map method on the filteredOrdersNames array. Here’s a test I just ran:


let filteredOrdersNames = ="One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six"];
let filteredOrders = =1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

let selectedOrder = await input.buttonsAsync(
"Select order group from list below",
filteredOrdersNames.map(item => {return {label: item, value: filteredOrdersrfilteredOrdersNames.indexOf(item)]}})
)

output.text("Selected Order: " + selectedOrder)

Output:



Yes, this can be done using the map method on the filteredOrdersNames array. Here’s a test I just ran:


let filteredOrdersNames = ="One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six"];
let filteredOrders = =1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

let selectedOrder = await input.buttonsAsync(
"Select order group from list below",
filteredOrdersNames.map(item => {return {label: item, value: filteredOrdersrfilteredOrdersNames.indexOf(item)]}})
)

output.text("Selected Order: " + selectedOrder)

Output:



This is brilliant! Thanks so much. It works perfectly.


4 years later and this post helped me out SO much! Thank you!


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