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    If msg.entryToCheckFor exists in the text file then msg.dataToPassThrough is passed through to the output of the flow.
This was used as filter in a flow that got a list of users that had used a keyword in a post. The results contained users from the whole organisation but we were only interested in one team of people. The simplest way to filter the results so they only contained team members was to check the results against a list. A text list was the simplest method. We connected the results to this flow and if a user was in our team the result would be passed through else it would be discarded. Easy Peasey.

  
## flow.json
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