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Helper III

9 years ago

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Conditional format for Alpha-numerical Columns

I have a column with alphanumerical values identifying the difference between INTERNAL versus EXTERNAL contact.

A	B
MUST1234	EXTERNAL
HAVENO	INTERNAL
NOHAV12	EXTERNAL
MITE1233	EXTERNAL
GLAMRO	INTERNAL
FAMINW	INTERNAL

I want to create a conditional lookup in Power Query to say IF column “A” contains a number, return External, Other “INTERNAL”.

if List.ContainsAny(Text.ToList([A]), {"1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","0"}) or [A] = "GLAMRO" then "EXTERNAL" else "INTERNAL"

8 Replies

Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
9 years ago
if List.ContainsAny(Text.ToList([A]), {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0}) then "EXTERNAL" else "INTERNAL"
- mdrammeh
  Helper III
  9 years ago
  I must have missed something in the formula that it's returning an error. Also, the result only returned for "Internal" even though I had values that include a text in the description.
  - Vvelarde
    Community Champion
    9 years ago
    mdrammeh
    
    Hi, just add a " " en each number
    
    if List.ContainsAny(Text.ToList([TEXTFIELD]), {"1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","0"}) then "EXTERNAL" else "INTERNAL"
mdrammeh
Helper III
9 years ago
What is I want to make an exception to the rule to capture one or two of the descriptions that does not have a value as part of the description and call it "External".

Example "
A
B
MUST1234
EXTERNAL
HAVENO
INTERNAL
NOHAV12
EXTERNAL
MITE1233
EXTERNAL
GLAMRO
External
FAMINW
INTERNAL
- Greg_Deckler
  Community Champion
  9 years ago
  if List.ContainsAny(Text.ToList([A]), {"1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","0"}) or [A] = "GLAMRO" then "EXTERNAL" else "INTERNAL"