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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 |
| A,C,B | A,B,C |
| B,A,C | A,B,C |
| B,C,D | B,C,D |
| D,A,C | A,C,D |
| C,E,A | A,C,E |
Can anyone help me with a code for this?
Solved! Go to Solution.
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 )
Thanks tamerj1 it work perfekt 🙂
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 )
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