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peterknowlton
Frequent Visitor

Creating a new column with only a portion of another

For example, one column has

01r01

02r10

05r1

07r9

and I want to create a column that contains only the numbers after the r. So for example,

01

10

1

9

2 ACCEPTED SOLUTIONS

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback.

Please try the below for creating a calculated column for what you need. 

Simply put +1 at the very end of the DAX formula.

 

Expected column CC = 
VAR _length =
    LEN ( Data[ColumnA] )
VAR _locationofR =
    SEARCH ( "r", Data[ColumnA], 1 )
RETURN
    RIGHT ( Data[ColumnA], _length - _locationofR +1 )

 


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Thank you, this is perfect!

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

It is for creating a calculated column.

 

Untitled.png

 

Expected column CC =
VAR _length =
    LEN ( Data[ColumnA] )
VAR _locationofR =
    SEARCH ( "r", Data[ColumnA], 1 )
RETURN
    RIGHT ( Data[ColumnA], _length - _locationofR )

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This is perfect, thank you! One last thing, if I want to include the "r" each time how do I do that?

So 

r01

r10

r1

r9

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback.

Please try the below for creating a calculated column for what you need. 

Simply put +1 at the very end of the DAX formula.

 

Expected column CC = 
VAR _length =
    LEN ( Data[ColumnA] )
VAR _locationofR =
    SEARCH ( "r", Data[ColumnA], 1 )
RETURN
    RIGHT ( Data[ColumnA], _length - _locationofR +1 )

 


If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


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Thank you, this is perfect!

tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @peterknowlton 

please try

MID ( tablename[Column], 4, LEN ( tablename[Column] ) - 3 )

unless it is more complex than the examples. 

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