Saving dynamic expressions as a Data Type?

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Newbie question.

Not sure this can be done, but is it possible to save dynamic expressions as a Text entry to be reused later?

This is the scenario I’m trying to achieve:

My user enters information about their business and products that I use to dynamically create marketing copy based on a mix of dynamic expressions and fixed text. (see example below)

On the “Marketing copy” page, I’d like to show the user a series of different versions to create variety in their ads / marketing copy.

To achieve that, I was hoping to save the “expressions + text mix” text in a table and use this field to show the different options in a repeating group. This would allow the user to scroll through the options and choose his favorite, but I can’t seem to save the expressions as data.

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I want to use this approach hoping to avoid creating massively long pages with lots of groups that would each hold a different example, and keeping the page as light as possible.

Maybe I’m over thinking this, or there’s another way? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

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You’re right, dynamic expressions can’t be passed around like text to be evaluated later.

Some options I can think of:

A. If the combinations are small enough, you could use the Conditional tab to display different sets of expressions.

B. Build a template system, where you use a series of find & replace to swap codes for values.

C. Similar to C but pass the template and data to javascript or a plugin. This would be a lot more complex than A or B, particularly in having to decide on the data to pass in before decoding the template.

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Thank you so much for your confirmation @mishav. Greatly appreciate it.