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santpras0
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Count number of times a group of words occur in a string

Hi.. Here's an example.

 

I have a column with strings in it the cell contains text in form of abc_bcd_cba_xyz and I want to count number of times abc, xyz, def occur. so the output should be 2. 

 

 

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Anonymous
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Hi, @santpras0 

 

May I ask if you have solved this problem? Depending on your needs you can either try @JamesFR06 's method or try the following.

 

vyaningymsft_0-1710753493671.png

Measure:

WordCount =

VAR _searchText1 = "abc"

VAR _searchText2 = "xyz"

VAR _targetText =

    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[String] )

VAR _abc =

    SUMX ( 'Table', IF ( CONTAINSSTRING ( _targetText, _searchText1 ), 1 ) )

VAR _xyz =

    SUMX ( 'Table', IF ( CONTAINSSTRING ( _targetText, _searchText2 ), 1 ) )

RETURN

    _abc + _xyz


Best Regards,
Yang
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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi, @santpras0 

 

May I ask if you have solved this problem? Depending on your needs you can either try @JamesFR06 's method or try the following.

 

vyaningymsft_0-1710753493671.png

Measure:

WordCount =

VAR _searchText1 = "abc"

VAR _searchText2 = "xyz"

VAR _targetText =

    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Table'[String] )

VAR _abc =

    SUMX ( 'Table', IF ( CONTAINSSTRING ( _targetText, _searchText1 ), 1 ) )

VAR _xyz =

    SUMX ( 'Table', IF ( CONTAINSSTRING ( _targetText, _searchText2 ), 1 ) )

RETURN

    _abc + _xyz


Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team

 

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly.
If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

How to get your questions answered quickly --  How to provide sample data in the Power BI Forum

 

 

JamesFR06
Resolver IV
Resolver IV

Hi

 

Try this :

JamesFR06_0-1710510836051.png

testcoptage =
CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( Occur ), CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT ( Occur[Column1], "abc" ) )
+ CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( Occur ), CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT ( Occur[Column1], "xyz" ) )

 

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