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MasterSonic
Helper IV
Helper IV

Text.Combine skip nulls

Hi Guys,

I am adding column and sorting values within cell values with |  :

= Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom2", "NewColumnName", each Text.Combine(List.Sort(Text.Split([ExisitngColumnName],"|")),"|"))

 

However ExisitngColumnName contains few nulls which create Erros in newly created column NewColumnName

 

Do you know perhaps know how to skip/ignore that Errors please ?

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MasterSonic
Helper IV
Helper IV

I got it:

 

= Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom2", "NewColumnName", each if [ExisitngColumnName] <> null then Text.Combine(List.Sort(Text.Split([ExisitngColumnName],"|")),"|") else "Empty Cell")

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v-cazheng-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @MasterSonic,

 

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MasterSonic
Helper IV
Helper IV

I got it:

 

= Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom2", "NewColumnName", each if [ExisitngColumnName] <> null then Text.Combine(List.Sort(Text.Split([ExisitngColumnName],"|")),"|") else "Empty Cell")

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@MasterSonic , use List.RemoveNulls

 

Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom2", "NewColumnName", each Text.Combine(List.Sort(List.RemoveNulls(Text.Split([ExisitngColumnName],"|"))),"|"))

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/list-removenulls

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Ah... I think I see what's going on.
RemoveNulls takes null out of the list.

 

I meant that I have few cells with null value and they should be skipped ?

 

Is it possible?

I still have this:

MasterSonic_0-1662635971615.png

Expression.Error: We cannot convert the value null to type Text.
Details:
Value=
Type=[Type]

 

Any Idea? 

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