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Hi,
I have a column with phone number data with multiple formats as shown below:
I would like to clean and transform this data into a single format.
Any suggestions on how can I achieve it in power query?
Appreceate the help.
Thanks
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see a link to excel file with two different solutions:
https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhUWZ84uo7UAglmVqp3zaTO6SmEK
Try this:
Add a custom column to select only the digits from the string column, like this:
Text.Select([Column1], {"0".."9"})
Then assuming phone numbers will be all 10 digit long, transform the newly added custom column to extract the first 10 characters.
Regards,
Tarun
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