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LordAssalt00
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Concatenate with Order

Hi everyone, i have a problem with DAX syntaxt.

I would like to concatenate 2 columns into a new column but with a specific order. Let's make an example.
Suppose that we have into table A the columns: Names, Ages

NamesAges
Lucas, Walter, Marius Uan, Alex23,25,45,44
Debora21

 

I would like to calculate a new column called "Names and Ages" like that:
Lucas(23), Walter(25), Marius Uan(45), Alex(44)
Debora(21)



Could someone help me?
Thanks a lot in advice ❤️

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Greg_Deckler
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Community Champion

@LordAssalt00 Try this:

Column = 
    VAR __NamesTable = SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE([Names], " ", ""),",", "|")
    VAR __AgesTable = SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE([Ages], " ", ""),",", "|")
    VAR __Length = PATHLENGTH(__NamesTable)
    VAR __Table = 
        ADDCOLUMNS(
            GENERATESERIES(1, __Length, 1),
            "__Text", PATHITEM( __NamesTable, [Value]) & "(" & PATHITEM( __AgesTable, 1) & ")"
        )
    VAR __Result = CONCATENATEX( __Table, [__Text], ", " )
RETURN
    __Result


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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@LordAssalt00 Try this:

Column = 
    VAR __NamesTable = SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE([Names], " ", ""),",", "|")
    VAR __AgesTable = SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE([Ages], " ", ""),",", "|")
    VAR __Length = PATHLENGTH(__NamesTable)
    VAR __Table = 
        ADDCOLUMNS(
            GENERATESERIES(1, __Length, 1),
            "__Text", PATHITEM( __NamesTable, [Value]) & "(" & PATHITEM( __AgesTable, 1) & ")"
        )
    VAR __Result = CONCATENATEX( __Table, [__Text], ", " )
RETURN
    __Result


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