🔥 Feature Spotlight: New built-in functions

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Hey Makers :wave:

We’re pleased to share another exciting update: meet our new built-in functions! :handshake:

Transforming data is critical to many automation processes, and we’re committed to further helping you streamline them. That’s why we want to introduce you to our brand-new suite of built-in functions.

What are the new functions?

  • Abs () - Returns the absolute value of an integer.

  • Median () - Returns the median of the value in a specified array or the median of numbers entered individually.

  • Trunc () - Truncates a number to an integer by removing the fractional part of the number.

  • stdevS ([array of values]) - Returns the standard deviation of a specified array of sample values, or the standard deviation of numbers entered individually.

  • stdevP ([array of values]) - Returns the standard deviation of a specified array of population values, or the standard deviation of numbers entered individually.
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  • replaceEmojiCharacters(text) - Replaces emoji characters with the new string.

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We’re actively working on expanding our functions offering and will continue releasing additional functions in the upcoming months so stay tuned. :mega:


Read more in the Make Help Center
:make: Math functions
:make: String functions


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replaceEmojiCharacters is probably going to be the most underrated useful function here.

This is because right now to remove emoji from text, we need to use a complex regex pattern with the replace function.

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Sounds nice! Are you guys also looking at all the Canny request for these function updates? There are quite some interesting requests on functions.

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Hello @Arnoud_WorkNinjas, Canny is one of the resources that we use when planning the development of built-in functions.

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What means “Canny” requests?

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customer feedback platform https://canny.io

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Here are a bunch of requests for new functions

https://www.make.com/en/platform-ideas

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Make.com just dropped a bunch of awesome new built-in functions, and let me tell you, they’re game changers.

Think of these functions as your personal data wranglers. No more wrestling with messy numbers or puzzling over emoji-filled messages. These tools can transform, analyze, and clean your data like a pro, making your automation smoother than butter. These new functions open up a world of possibilities.

Thank you!

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How about a decent sized editor. Those little boxes are painful…

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Did you know you can edit expressions in any text editor. Just copy and paste out of the windows.

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I know, but any develop system should have it own usable editor.

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This will also shine anywhere a string containing emojis is being used in texting (SMS) application. Emojis can blow-up SMS costs at scale.

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Oh agreed! Make sure you vote on ideas exchange.

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:+1:t2:Good to see Make is staying on top of these updates.

@Andrew_Goodwin1 Completely agree, and when a test run fires, we can’t see the variable data if the string is really long, nor can we copy it to view in txt editor.

Hoping for more functional improvements instead of just feature releases!

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Cool :+1:
replaceEmojiCharacters has more use cases.