# Find specific item in list Firebase

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/find-specific-item-in-list-firebase/1248404>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [April 27, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/find-specific-item-in-list-firebase/1248404 "2021-04-27T12:04:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/find-specific-item-in-list-firebase/1248404/61 "2021-05-22T16:34:03Z")

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Long story short, you have to keep the **variable type** in mind with any operation. **orderedList** is a` list` and initialized using an `empty list` block.

Therefore when you try to assign any value to **orderedList** you have to use the `list` blocks not the `text` blocks.

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**Author:** ![andreas.sjdtomypv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@andreas.sjdtomypv](https://community.thunkable.com/u/andreas.sjdtomypv)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/find-specific-item-in-list-firebase/1248404/62 "2021-05-22T19:24:45Z")

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And by using “value” in the “get” block directly as in my example I am using the text block as I am converting “text from list” in the save session??

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/find-specific-item-in-list-firebase/1248404/63 "2021-05-22T19:28:22Z")

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If you saved the `orderedList` as a text value (item1,item2,item3) then whenever you retrieve it, you are retrieving text. and you have to convert it back to list to be assigned to `orderedList` or used by a `List Viewer`.

Hope this makes it clear.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/find-specific-item-in-list-firebase/1248404/64 "2024-11-08T13:22:54Z")

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Closed on November 8, 2024, 1:22pm UTC



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