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sv11
Helper I
Helper I

Data Wrangling

Hi,

 

I have a column with phone number data with multiple formats as shown below:

 

phone.PNG

 

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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bogomda
Resolver I
Resolver I

see a link to excel file with two different solutions:

 

 

https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhUWZ84uo7UAglmVqp3zaTO6SmEK

 

 

tarunsingla
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

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.

 

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Regards,

Tarun

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