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I have a code that looks for a file exists or not before doing further processing. Result of "try Source" evaluation, Test[HasError] in if statement returns "False" always, whether or not there was a file "MyLog.log" in the path "C:\Log-Files\Empty-LogFolder\".
Appreciate if you can shed some light on it. Code below. Thank you.
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let
File_Path = "C:\Log-Files\Empty-LogFolder\MyLog.log",
Source = Csv.Document(File.Contents(File_Path),[Delimiter=";", Columns=3, Encoding=1252, QuoteStyle=QuoteStyle.None]),
Test = try Source,
Output = if Test[HasError] then "True" else "False"
in
Output
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Hi bidev,
Based on test, I can achieve your requirement, perhaps you could refer to below code:
let
Path = "C:\Users\xxxxx\Desktop\audit.csv",
Result = try Binary.ToText(File.Contents(Path)),
Output =if Logical.From(Result[HasError]) then "not exist" else "exist"
in
Output
Screenshots.
Exist:
Not exist:
Descript:
Path = "C:\Users\xxxxx\Desktop\audit.csv", // the file path.
File.Contents(Path) // get the file from specify path and convert it to binary.
Binary.ToText(), // convert binary format to text.
Try //catch the error , if the action has error, it means the file doesn’t exist.
Output =if Logical.From(Result[HasError]) then "not exist" else "exist" //use if to format the result to text.
Reference:
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Hi bidev,
Based on test, I can achieve your requirement, perhaps you could refer to below code:
let
Path = "C:\Users\xxxxx\Desktop\audit.csv",
Result = try Binary.ToText(File.Contents(Path)),
Output =if Logical.From(Result[HasError]) then "not exist" else "exist"
in
Output
Screenshots.
Exist:
Not exist:
Descript:
Path = "C:\Users\xxxxx\Desktop\audit.csv", // the file path.
File.Contents(Path) // get the file from specify path and convert it to binary.
Binary.ToText(), // convert binary format to text.
Try //catch the error , if the action has error, it means the file doesn’t exist.
Output =if Logical.From(Result[HasError]) then "not exist" else "exist" //use if to format the result to text.
Reference:
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Hello Xiaoxin_Sheng,
Thank you very much. Your solution really worked! Awesome.
Thanks again.
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