# Combine collection into one string

**URL:** <https://community.make.com/t/combine-collection-into-one-string/70793>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** collections, arrays\
**Created:** [February 21, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/combine-collection-into-one-string/70793 "2025-02-21T12:40:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pascal](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/pascal/32/1580_2.png) [@Pascal](https://community.make.com/u/Pascal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/combine-collection-into-one-string/70793/1 "2025-02-21T12:40:01Z")

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In my scenario, I am retrieving a value from a field in Airtable that is composed of multiple questions previously selected. I need to access this field, but every time I do, it only captures the first item and not the others in the output.

Input from field **Question**

 ![CleanShot 2025-02-21 at 07.36.40@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/a/4/a4a71cbcb5b46d8c47a3f983c8dc8183517a07d8.png)

Output to field **Questions** in another database  
 ![CleanShot 2025-02-21 at 07.38.24@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/make/original/3X/5/c/5caffb42895ef4938cdc4872893d7eb67fb8bd2c.png)

What should I do to capture all the listed questions in the collection?

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**Author:** ![Stoyan\_Vatov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Stoyan\_Vatov](https://community.make.com/u/Stoyan_Vatov)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/combine-collection-into-one-string/70793/2 "2025-02-21T14:21:10Z")

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Hey Pascal,

that’s an Array of items, not a Collection. Most likely you are mapping the first item of the array instead of the entire array. Or alternatively, you need to restructure it in something else.

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**Author:** ![samliew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.make.com/samliew/32/13327_2.png) [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/combine-collection-into-one-string/70793/3 "2025-02-21T15:39:24Z")

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Welcome to the Make community!

You can use the built-in function `join` to combine all the string items in the array into a single string separated by a newline.

e.g.:

```plaintext
{{ join(1.question; newline) }}

```

For more information, see the function documentation in the [Help Center](https://www.make.com/en/help) and do the [tutorials in the Make Academy](https://academy.make.com).

Here are some useful links and guides you can use to learn more on how to use the Make platform, apps, and app modules. I found these useful when I was learning Make, and hope they might benefit you too —

### Getting Started

- [Help Centre](https://www.make.com/en/help) | [Tutorials](https://www.make.com/en/help/tutorials.html) – Make “Manual”
- [Make Academy](https://academy.make.com) – Basics 101: Learn Make and get certified

### Help Centre Basics

- [Mapping](https://www.make.com/en/help/mapping/mapping) – What is mapping? What can I map?
- [Mapping with arrays](https://www.make.com/en/help/mapping/mapping-arrays) – How to map items in an array
- [Aggregate an array for mapping complex fields](https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/flow-control#customizing-the-output)
- **Date Format** : [tokens for `parseDate`](https://www.make.com/en/help/functions/tokens-for-date-time-parsing) | [tokens for `formatDate`](https://www.make.com/en/help/functions/tokens-for-date-time-formatting)
- [HTTP modules](https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/http) – Make a request, Get (download) a file
- [Webhooks](https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/webhooks) – Error Handling, Responding to webhooks

### Articles & Videos

- [Router Magic Formula](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q-5BsCtJu4) - YouTube
- [Error Handlers in Make](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRE9E-rAD8U10mx2TRs54Nq1XJDdK9Kx4) - YouTube playlist
- [Getting started with OpenAI](https://community.make.com/t/getting-started-with-openai-gpt-3-and-make/7796) - How to setup and use OpenAI (ChatGPT) in Make
- [How to use Regex in Make](https://community.make.com/t/how-to-use-regex-in-make/202) - How to use pattern matching to extract the text you want
- [Webhooks – Make Academy](https://academy.make.com/courses/IntermediateC04) – tutorial on how to use Webhooks

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the [Make Academy](https://academy.make.com) will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.

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