Add more than one item in the list type custom state

Questions
1

I have a custom state of type (list), but I need to include in this list, an item more than once, but the Bubble does not accept :Plus Item - It only adds, if it is not in the list. Is there any solution for this, including the item, even though it is already in the Custom State?

2

the work around that I have used for this is to have another custom state set right before your list custom state gets set which appends a unique identifier at the end.
For example if your list is:
apple
banana
carrot

and you want to add banana again, you append a “.1” or “|1” or “_1” so that your new list will be:
apple, banana, carrot, banana_1

then when you want to read from the list, you extract with regex everything before the “_”.

N.B., ideally all items in the list should have the same format (i.e. apple_1, banana_1, carrot_1, banana_2…)

There could be a better work around but you are right, bubble does not allow for duplicates in lists

3

A simple trick is to add them in a csv list (single test string) and split them by comma that will convert this to a list of text

4

This is a better work around than mine

5

Or you could use List Shifter instead of a custom state. List Shifter has a “Custom List” output and you can push items onto the Custom List using the “SET Custom List” Action in conjunction with the “Concatenate List” option set to “yes”. Like so:

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6

Thanks Bubblers for the support.