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Dicken's avatar
Dicken
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1 year ago
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Power Query Custom Function dialog box

Hi,  is there a way you can select a list via the function dialog box,    so if I have a function;  SufF;    let sumlist = (x)=> List.Sum( x ) in sumlist and a list = "alist"   = {2,2,...
  • lbendlin's avatar
    1 year ago

    Functions need parameters.  Parameters in the "function dialogue"  can only be of basic type (plus binary)

     

     

    So this will work

     

    let
    alist = {2,2,2,2,2},
    SumF = (x) => List.Sum(x)
    in
    SumF(alist)

     

    but it won't work if your alist is a parameter, even if that parameter is "list of values".

     

    Apart from the academic aspect - is there a business problem you are trying to solve? You may have to dive deep into Expression.Evaluate().

  • Dicken's avatar
    Dicken
    1 year ago

    No, I was just interested to see if there was some trick I was overlooking , 
    thanks anyway .

    Richard.