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# Convert Collection to Text

## Description

This part allows you to convert the contents of a collection to a text string. As an example, this part is used to manage data, for instance in running a data table query as follows:

```
select governer from state_table where state on ("NY", "DC", "HI")
```

Typically, this part is NOT used for formatting a collection as text to show on the screen, as both report-item (Assessment Framework) and format variable (all frameworks, standalone) offer a wider range of choices for display.

## Tips and Tricks

This part is good for converting a simple checklist to comma delimited or other simple text format. For more sophisticated separators or creation of an HTML structure for bullet lists, etc. use the [Format Data Object](/release-9/platform-documentation/process-node-parts/format-data-object-format-variable.md) part instead.

## Editor Fields

This part uses the following editor fields:

| Tab   | Field Name              | Description                                                                                                   | Type/Options | Optional/Mandatory |
| ----- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------ |
| Basic | Input path              | This is the name of the collection for the system to convert.                                                 | Text         | Mandatory          |
| Basic | Separator               | This is the symbol the system should use to separate the returned values. The default value is a comma (','). | Text         | Optional           |
| Basic | Add quotes around value | This setting tells the system to add quotation marks around the returned values. The default setting is 'no'. | No \| Yes    | Mandatory          |
| Basic | Output path             | This is the name of the data object into which the converted text will be stored.                             | Text         | Mandatory          |

## Example

For an example of how to use the Convert Collection to Text part, download and import the following [sample project](/release-9/example-gallery/example-projects-for-parts/convert-collection-to-text-example-project.md) in your workspace.


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