This function checks if a collection has a specified item. This function requires two parameters: the collection to check and the value of the item to find. If the item is found in the collection, the function returns true, but if not, it returns false.

Function: contains(collection, value)
Example: contains(‘Hello Microsoft Flow, ‘Microsoft’)
Output: true
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This function returns the number of items in a string or an array. This function only requires one parameter, which is the collection with the items to count. The function returns an integer indicating the number of items in the given collection.

Function: length(collection)
Example: length(‘Microsoft Flow’)
Output: 14
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This function checks if a collection is empty. This function only requires one parameter, which is the collection to check. If the collection is empty, the function returns true, but if not, it returns false.

Function: empty(collection)
Example: empty(”)
Output: true
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This function returns a single array or object that has common elements between the arrays or objects passed in. For parameters, this function only requires the collections to evaluate. The parameters for this function can either be a set of objects or a set of arrays, not a mixture of both. To appear in the result, an item must appear in all the collections passed to this function.

Function: intersection(collection_1, collection_2,…)
Example: intersection([0,1,2,3], [1,2,3,5,6,7])
Output: [1,2,3]
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This function returns a single array or object with all the elements that are in the array or object passed in. For parameters, this function only requires either the array or object from where we want all the items. The parameters for this function can either be a set of objects or a set of arrays, not a mixture of both. If there are two objects with the same name, the last item with that name appears in the result.

Function: union(collection_1, collection_2?,…)
Example: union([0,1,2,3,4], [1,4,5,9,12])
Output: [0,1,2,3,4,5,9,12]
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This function returns the first item from an array or a string. For parameters, this function only requires the collection to take the first item from.

Function: first(collection)
Example: first(‘Microsoft Flow’)
Output: “M”
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This function returns the last item from an array or a string. For parameters, this function only requires the collection to take the last item from.

Function: last(collection)
Example: last(‘Microsoft Flow’)
Output: “w”
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This function returns the first count elements from a given array or string. This function requires 2 parameters: the collection from where to take the first count elements and a positive integer for the number of items we want.

Function: take(value, count)
Example: take(‘Microsoft Flow’, 4)
Output: “Micr”
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This function returns the elements in the array starting at the given index count. This function requires 2 parameters: the collection to skip the first count objects from and a positive integer for the number of items to skip.

Function: skip(collection, count)
Example: skip([1,2,5,6], 2)
Output: [5,6]
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This function returns a string with each item of an array joined by a delimiter. This function requires 2 parameters: the collection to join items from and the separator that appears between each character in the resulting string.

Function: join(collection, delimiter)
Example: join([0,1,2,3], ‘.’)
Output: “0.1.2.3”
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