Check Characters in string in DAX

[VistaDee]

Hi

Im trying to convert a SQL CASE statement to DAX IF . Lets say I have a column of values like:

ProjectCode

D-IREE00215

BADR0022

A-DD1255

and part of the query is as follows:

CASE

        WHEN LEFT(ProjectCode,4) LIKE '%[a-z]%' AND SUBSTRING(ProjectCode,5,4) LIKE '%[0-9]%'

How do I write this in DAX so that the only field returned will be BADR0022

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi  @VistaDee  ,

Here are the steps you can follow：

1. Create calculated column

flag =
var _1={"A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","M","L","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"}
VAR _2={0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
var _5=IF(ISERROR(VALUE(MID('Table'[column],5,1))),BLANK(),VALUE(MID('Table'[column],5,1)))
var _6=IF(ISERROR(VALUE(MID('Table'[column],5,1))),BLANK(),VALUE(MID('Table'[column],6,1)))
var _7=IF(ISERROR(VALUE(MID('Table'[column],5,1))),BLANK(),VALUE(MID('Table'[column],7,1)))
var _8=IF(ISERROR(VALUE(MID('Table'[column],5,1))),BLANK(),VALUE(MID('Table'[column],8,1)))
RETURN
IF(LEFT('Table'[column],1) IN _1&&MID('Table'[column],2,1) IN _1&&MID('Table'[column],3,1) IN _1&&MID('Table'[column],4,1) IN _1&&
_5 IN _2 && _6 IN _2 && _7 IN _2 &&_8 IN _2,
'Table'[column],BLANK()
)

2. Result.

You can downloaded PBIX file from here.

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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[PhilipTreacy]

Hi @VistaDee 

Download sample PBIX with the following code

I understand the SQL code but could you achieve the same thing by checking that the string does not contain a - ?

To create a column n DAX this would be 

Column = IF(NOT(CONTAINSSTRING('Table1'[ProjectCode], "-")),'Table1'[ProjectCode])

However this is creating a new column in your data model and that might not be what you want as a lot of the column fields will be empty.

If you want to do it a a measure use this

Measure = IF(NOT(CONTAINSSTRING(SELECTEDVALUE('Table1'[ProjectCode]), "-")),SELECTEDVALUE('Table1'[ProjectCode]))

What exactly is the end result you want? A new column? A measure? Or just some code to use elsewhere?

Regards

Phil