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PL-400 · Question #391

You create a custom page that is used as a contextual dialog in a model-driven app. The app must be able to receive two contextual parameters by passing a concatenated string. The string must use…

The correct answer is A. Left(Param("recordId"), Find("|", Param("recordId")) - 1) C. Right(Param("recordId"), Len(Param("recordId")) - Find("|", Param("recordId"))). To extract two distinct parts of a concatenated string delimited by a pipe symbol in Power Apps, use Left() with Find() to get the portion before the delimiter and Right() with Len() and Find() to get the portion after it.

Submitted by miguelv· Apr 18, 2026

Question

You create a custom page that is used as a contextual dialog in a model-driven app. The app must be able to receive two contextual parameters by passing a concatenated string. The string must use the pipe (|) symbol with the recordId parameter. You need to compose the formulas to extract parameter information. Which two formulas should you compose? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

Options

  • ALeft(Param("recordId"), Find("|", Param("recordId")) - 1)
  • BLeft(Param("recordId"), Len(Param("recordId")) - Find("|", Param("recordId")))
  • CRight(Param("recordId"), Len(Param("recordId")) - Find("|", Param("recordId")))
  • DRight(Param("recordId"), Find("|", Param("recordId")) - 1)

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    77% (27)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • D
    17% (6)

Why each option

To extract two distinct parts of a concatenated string delimited by a pipe symbol in Power Apps, use `Left()` with `Find()` to get the portion before the delimiter and `Right()` with `Len()` and `Find()` to get the portion after it.

ALeft(Param("recordId"), Find("|", Param("recordId")) - 1)Correct

The `Left(Param("recordId"), Find("|", Param("recordId")) - 1)` formula correctly extracts the first part of the string by finding the position of the pipe symbol and then taking all characters to its left, excluding the pipe itself.

BLeft(Param("recordId"), Len(Param("recordId")) - Find("|", Param("recordId")))

This formula `Left(Param("recordId"), Len(Param("recordId")) - Find("|", Param("recordId")))` would extract a substring from the left, but its length calculation (total length minus delimiter position) is incorrect for isolating the first segment without the delimiter.

CRight(Param("recordId"), Len(Param("recordId")) - Find("|", Param("recordId")))Correct

The `Right(Param("recordId"), Len(Param("recordId")) - Find("|", Param("recordId")))` formula accurately extracts the second part of the string by calculating the length of the substring to the right of the pipe symbol and returning those characters.

DRight(Param("recordId"), Find("|", Param("recordId")) - 1)

This formula `Right(Param("recordId"), Find("|", Param("recordId")) - 1)` would extract a substring from the right, but its length calculation (delimiter position minus 1) is incorrect for isolating the entire second segment of the string.

Concept tested: Power Apps string manipulation (Left, Right, Find, Len)

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/reference/function-left-mid-right

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