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Vendelin
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3 years ago
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New column sorted alphabetically

I have column A, with many letters separated by a comma. I want a new column B, where i sort column A alphabetically. See example Fig 1 Fig 1 Column A  Column B A,B,C A,B,C B,C,A A,B,C...
  • tamerj1's avatar
    3 years ago

    Hi Vendelin 

    please try 

    ColumnB =
    VAR String = 'Table'[ColumnA]
    VAR Items =
        SUBSTITUTE ( String, ",", "|" )
    VAR Length =
        COALESCE ( PATHLENGTH ( Items ), 1 )
    VAR T1 =
        GENERATESERIES ( 1, Length, 1 )
    VAR T2 =
        SELECTCOLUMNS ( T1, "@Item", PATHITEM ( Items, [Value] ) )
    RETURN
        CONCATENATEX ( T2, [@Item], ",", [@Item], ASC )