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Anonymous
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How to delete characters before "." in a string

Hello! I have a text column. it is like:
Dr. Helen Malinpn
Dipl. Wen Yu

Dr.Med. Linda Holm

Dr. Mary Julp
Dr. Med. Msc. Lucas Sobe

 

What I expect is:

 

Helen Malinpn
Wen Yu

Linda Holm

Mary Julp
Lucas Sobe

 

Please help. I tried use replace "Dr. "with null, but then I must list all the possible titles used in the column, which is not easy to find out all the possible titles and their combinations-

  • Hello Anonymous ,

     

    You go to Power Query => the click at the column => in the transform tab click extract => then click at text after delimiter => and you put the dot

     

     

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  • Hello Anonymous ,

     

    You go to Power Query => the click at the column => in the transform tab click extract => then click at text after delimiter => and you put the dot

     

     

    If I answered your question, please mark my post as solution, Appreciate your Kudos 👍

     

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    Anonymous
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    Thank you!  I also have cells without "."  For example:

    Ludin Masson    if I use the method you mentioned, then it becomes Masson. His first name disappeared. Pls give further guidane. 

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    Thennarasu_R
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    Hi Anonymous 
    try this Measure,
    it will help you

    Thanks,
    Thennarasu

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    Aha, it should be from the end of the input. 

  • Thennarasu_R's avatar
    Thennarasu_R
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    Hi Anonymous 
    Use delimeter in Power Querry

    Thanks ,
    Thennarasu