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A Simple Method to Filter Text Strings in Query Editor
No need to lowercase. Try this:
Text.Remove(..YourText.., List.Transform({0..64, 91..96, 123..50000}, each Character.FromNumber(_))))
This will remove every character within the range of 0..50000 that isn't a..z or A..Z. So if you have some special signs that you want to include, you need to find the number (Character.ToNumber) and include those numbers in the list above.
I'm not aware of a "non-letter"-class in M.
Instead we have to define specificly a black- or whitelist: What shall stay in or what shall be removed?
Which route would you prefer?
I'm thinking I should set everything to lowercase, then create a whitelist for a-z. Probably the best way to eliminate odd characters. Thank you.
Greg B
No need to lowercase. Try this:
Text.Remove(..YourText.., List.Transform({0..64, 91..96, 123..50000}, each Character.FromNumber(_))))
This will remove every character within the range of 0..50000 that isn't a..z or A..Z. So if you have some special signs that you want to include, you need to find the number (Character.ToNumber) and include those numbers in the list above.
Hi Imke
This also removes characters written in non-latin alphabetics....
Any suggestions?
- You need to find the corresponding numbers to these characters. Easiest might be to create a " translation-table", load it to excel and then search & Identify your ranges: Create a list: {1..50000}, convert to table and add a column: Character.FromNumber([ColumnName]).
Nice!