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CJ_96601
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Extract Data based on requirements

Need help to get the following result based on a given data:     Code Required Result E1S E1 E2W E2 E3S E3 M2E 2 EE.1 1 EE.2 2 EE.11 11 M11W 11   Thanks fo...
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    Fowmy
    4 years ago

    CJ_96601 

    Based on my understanding of the pattern I created a column in Power Query:

    if (Text.Start([Code],1) = "E" and Text.Start([Code],2) <> "EE") then "E"&Text.Select([Code],{"0".."9"}) else Text.Select([Code],{"0".."9"})

     


     

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Fowmy
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4 years ago

CJ_96601 

Based on my understanding of the pattern I created a column in Power Query:

if (Text.Start([Code],1) = "E" and Text.Start([Code],2) <> "EE") then "E"&Text.Select([Code],{"0".."9"}) else Text.Select([Code],{"0".."9"})

 


 

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CJ_96601
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4 years ago

thanks...it works perfectly well