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joeywong
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3 years ago
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Extract and categorize the column

Hi members,

 

I need help on this.

 

I have a table with a remarks column. The remarks column is unstructured with spacing, text, numbers, and symbols. This column contains many words, but it also includes keywords such as "A," "B," and "C." 

 

I want to create an additional column and categorize the remarks column.

 

I have tried adding columns with “columns from an example”, but it does not work out.

May I know how to go about it? Thanks!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi joeywong ,

    How about use the conditional column? like this:

     

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  • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
    Vijay_A_Verma
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    Can you give us an example of your Remarks column and how to categorize them? It will be easier for us to give the solution...

  • Hi Vijay

     

    Thanks in advance for your help.

    Please find below an example for the Remarks and Categorize columns.

    A new column, "Categorize," was added based on the Remarks column. Thanks!

     

     

    • Vijay_A_Verma's avatar
      Vijay_A_Verma
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      Use this formula in a custom column where you will need to populate {"AA","BB","CC","DD"} appropriately.

      = Text.Combine(List.Intersect({Text.Split([Remarks]," "),{"AA","BB","CC","DD"}}),", ")

       

      • joeywong's avatar
        joeywong
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        Hi Vijay,

         

        Thank you for your attempt to help. However, this solution does not work. There are some null rows in between. 

         

        Do you have any other solutions? Thanks!