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# Item

Returns one named field from a multi-value databox — typically an Address question, or a SQL query returning several columns.

| Expression        | Returns                          |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------- |
| `Item("Surname")` | The `Surname` field of the value |
| `Item("County")`  | The `County` field of the value  |

The name is the column name from the query, or the field name of the address question. See the Address question for the fields an address holds.

Where the databox holds several rows, `Item` reads the current one. Use [Row](/reference/expression-reference/text-expressions/row.md) first to choose which row that is.